Plainsfield Camp
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Plainsfield Camp (or Park Plantation) is an Iron Age earthwork on the Quantock Hills near Aisholt in Somerset, England.
The so-called hill fort has several features that make it more likely to be an animal enclosure, than a defended settlement:
- single rampart with ditch
- simple opening for an entrance
- situated on the slope of a hill
- the hill rises over 50 m above the ring
- the area is only 0.9 ha
The case for an enclosure is less clear cut than for Trendle Ring, since Plainsfield is on a spur and does have steep slopes on two sides, making it like a promontory fort, similar to nearby Ruborough.
[edit] References
- A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology, Lesley and Roy Adkins (1992) ISBN 0-946159-94-7
- The Archaeology of Somerset, Michael Aston and Ian Burrow (Eds) (1982) ISBN 0-86183-028-8
- Somerset Historic Environment Record Plainsfield Camp (Site no. 11128)
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