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Scratchbury Camp

a Pleiades place resource

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Scratchbury Camp, Wiltshire, England, is the site of a 15 hectare hill fort.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/103500678

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.1974014, -2.1246378

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- location of Scratchbury Camp hill fort (800 BC - AD 100) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Place type:
fort, tower (deprecated)

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See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Scratchbury Camp

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

As with many Iron Age sites, the chronology of Scratchbury Camp has been debated. Multi-period reuse of hill forts often makes precise dating difficult, if not impossible. Some Pre-Roman Iron Age sites in Britannia saw re-use following the Roman conquest.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Scratchbury Camp : a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/103500678> [accessed: 25 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/103500678 |title=Places: 103500678 (Scratchbury Camp ) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 25, 2024 5:27 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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