Linney Head Camp
The Linney Head Camp , southwest of Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire in Wales is one with "Crocksydam Camp", the "Flimston Bay Camp" and the "Kings Mill Camp" to the four neighboring Iron Age (800 v. Chr. To 43 n. Chr. ) Promontory Forts at Castlemartin. The rampart is about 160 m long, runs in an east-west direction and covers an area of 0.8 hectares.
Linney Head is a promontory bordered on the east, south and west by steep limestone cliffs and the sea and on the north by ramparts. To the east of the centrally located entrance is a single wall with a moat. West of the entrance is a double row of ramparts and ditches. There is evidence that coastal erosion destroyed parts of the fort.
A cross-section of the main rampart and the moat was examined. A shallow rock trench is combined with a wall, which consists mainly of earth with a stony front. In other places along the ramparts are piles of stones that form the remains of walls. A weak rampart and moat within the current structure could mark an older camp.
In 2008 the RCAHMW carried out a detailed survey of the fortress.
literature
- M. Page, L. Barker, T. Driver and K. Murphy: Remote sensing and the Iron Age coastal promontory forts of Pembrokeshire, Archeology in Wales 48, 2008. pp. 27-38.
- L. Barker, T. Driver, Close to the Edge: New Perspectives on the Architecture, Function and Regional Geographies of the Coastal Promontory Forts of the Castlemartin Peninsula, South Pembrokeshire, Wales. In: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 77, 2011 pp. 65-87.
- James Dyer: Hillforts of England and Wales . Aylesbury, Shire Publications 1999, ISBN 0-7478-0180-0 .
- James Ford-Johnston: Hillforts of the Iron Age in England and Wales: A Survey of the Surface Evidence . Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 1976.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 14.2 " N , 5 ° 3 ′ 5" W.