Plainsfield Camp
Plainsfield Camp is a possible 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: The case for an enclosure…Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cockercombe Castle” and “Plainsfield Camp slight univallate hillfort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wills Neck and Hawkridge Reservoir.
Wills Neck
Peak
Photo: Richard Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wills Neck is the highest summit on the Quantock Hills and one of the highest points in Somerset, England. Although only 1261 ft high, it qualifies as one of England's Marilyns.
Hawkridge Reservoir
Reservoir
Hawkridge Reservoir is a reservoir near Spaxton, Somerset, England. The inflow is from several streams in the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty including Peart Water, which continues below the reservoir in a northeast direction to Spaxton, where it enters the Ashford Reservoir.
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Over Stowey
Church
Photo: Burn the asylum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church Of St Peter And St Paul in Over Stowey, Somerset, England, is the Anglican parish church for the ancient parish of Over Stowey, now part of the Quantock Villages Benefice in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Church of St Peter and St Paul, Over Stowey is situated 1½ miles north of Plainsfield Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aley and Over Stowey.
Over Stowey
Village
Photo: Burn the asylum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Over Stowey is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, South West England. A large part of the forest and open heath of the Quantock Hills is within the parish and it includes the hamlets of Plainsfield, Aley, Adscombe, Friarn and Bincombe.
Merridge
Hamlet
Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantocks in Somerset, South West England. The village is about 5 miles west of Bridgwater. Other settlements in the parish include Charlynch, Courtway, Four Forks, Gothelney Green, Merridge, and Splatt. Merridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Plainsfield Camp.
Plainsfield Camp
- Categories: hillslope fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Spaxton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.11939° or 51° 7′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.16728° or 3° 10′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C3R4R9M+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
node 759664878OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7200749
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