Dolebury Warren

Dolebury Warren is a 90.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and ancient monument near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset, part of South West England.

Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort in North Somerset, England, UK
Also known as: “Dolbury Camp”, “Doleburry Warren”, “Dolebury Camp”, “Dolebury Camp: a large univallate hillfort and associated and later earthworks on Dolebury Warren”, “Dolebury Hill Fort”, and “Rowbarrow”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Churchill Methodist Church and St Mary’s Church.

Churchill Methodist Church

Church

Photo: Gricharduk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Churchill Methodist Church, in the village of Churchill, North Somerset, is a Grade II listed Methodist church on the Somerset Mendip Methodist Circuit. Churchill Methodist Church is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Dolebury Warren.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: FollowMeChaps, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary’s Church is situated 1 mile northeast of Dolebury Warren.

Church of St John the Baptist, Churchill

Church

Photo: Andrew Riley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St John the Baptist in Churchill, Somerset, England, was largely built around 1360 and is a Grade I listed building. There was a Norman chapel on this site in 1180, from which the nave has survived into the present church. Church of St John the Baptist, Churchill is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Dolebury Warren.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowberrow and Churchill.

Rowberrow

Hamlet

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Rowberrow is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shipham in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

Churchill

Village

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Churchill is a village and civil parish in North Somerset, England. It lies on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, about 8 miles east of Weston-super-Mare, and about 15 miles south-west of Bristol.

Lower Langford

Village

Photo: FollowMeChaps, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lower Langford is a village within the civil parishes of Churchill and Burrington in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. It is located on the western edge of the Mendip Hills about 8 miles east of Weston-super-Mare.

Dolebury Warren

Categories: partial contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Churchill, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.32696° or 51° 19′ 37″ north

Longitude

-2.79058° or 2° 47′ 26″ west

Elevation

479 feet (146 metres)

Operator

National Trust

Open location code

9C3V86G5+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47390986

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=embankment

GeoNames ID

6619756

Wikidata ID

Q5288920

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