Black Ball Camp

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Black Ball Camp is a castle ruin south-southwest of Dunster in the English county of Somerset . The hill fort from the Iron Age is on the north peak of GALLOX Hill and is considered a Scheduled Monument .

The facility is also known as the British Camp and may be related to the nearby Bat's Castle . It has a 3 meter high curtain wall and a 2 meter deep moat . At the beginning of the 20th century the foundations of a stone tower were visible, but they no longer exist today.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Black Ball Camp . In: Somerset Historic Environment Record . Somerset County Council. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 18, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / webapp1.somerset.gov.uk
  2. ↑ a b Black Ball Camp . In: Exmoor Historic Environment Record . English Heritage. Retrieved March 18, 2016.

literature

  • L. Adkins, R. Adkins: A Field Guide to Somerset Archeology . 1992.
  • EJ Burrow: Ancient Earthworks and Camps in Somerset . 1924.
  • I. Burrow: Hillforts and Hilltops 1000 AD in Aston, I. Burrow, The Archeology of Somerset . 1981.

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 27 "  N , 3 ° 27 ′ 14"  W.