Caesar's Camp' is an Iron Age hill fort thought to be around 2600 years old. It is located just in Crowthorne civil parish (formerly Easthampstead), to the south of Bracknell in the English county of Berkshire.
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The layout consists of a number of steep banks and viewing areas. It is within the Crowthorne Woods part of Swinley Forest crown plantation and is located off Nine Mile Ride approximately ¾ mile from the Look Out visitor centre. On clear days, central Bracknell and Crowthorne, including Broadmoor hospital, are visible from its highest points. The camp falls within the Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths Site of Special Scientific Interest.
It is considered to be an entirely hand built complex. The camp has suffered bad erosion, both natural and man made, unsurprisingly for a site which is well over 2000 years old. Efforts have been made by the local council to try to restore some of the natural parts because as well as being a historic site it is also home to a number of wildlife species.[1]
There is a second Caesar's Camp to be found in Aldershot where King Alfred was supposed to have camped when driving the Danes towards the Thames. The camp, like the one at Bracknell, was built in the Iron Age. The British Telecom Tower and Canary Wharf can be seen from there on clear days with binoculars.
The site was recamped between 29 August and 8 September 1978 as it became the relocation of the last of the Windsor Free Festivals in 1978, after the forced removal of those attempting to attend the People's Free Festival, in Windsor Great Park, by police.[2]