Looking east from the highest point of Hamdon Hill (on top of the inner rampart of the hillfort) towards the Stoke-sub-Hamdon war memorial which was unveiled in 1923
Ham Hill Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort located on Ham Hill, Somerset, England. It was also occupied during the mesolithic and neolithic periods and later during Roman and medieval eras. The fort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument,[2] and the whole of the hill is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest,[3] a country park operated by Somerset Council, and is visited by over 250,000 people each year.[4]
It covers an area of 210 acres (85 ha), making it one of the largest hillforts in Britain.[5] It is the only one with a public house in its interior.[6]
^"Monument No. 1043362". National Monuments Record. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
^"Hamdon Hill Camp". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
^"Ham Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) citation sheet" (PDF). English Nature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^"Ham Hill Country Park". Visit Somerset. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
^"Ham Hill Iron Age Hillfort". Wessex Archaeology. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^Adkins, Lesley; Rod Adkins (1992). A field guide to Somerset archaeology. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. pp. 72–74. ISBN 0-946159-94-7.
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