Brent Knoll Camp
Brent Knoll Camp is an Iron Age hillfort at Brent Knoll, 3 kilometres from Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Monument, and is now in the care of the National Trust.Photo: steven ashman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Brent Knoll”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brent Knoll and Oaktree Arena.
Brent Knoll
Peak
Photo: Kicior99, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brent Knoll is a 137-metre-high hill on the Somerset Levels, in Somerset, England. It is located roughly halfway between Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater, 2.5 miles from the Bristol Channel coast at Burnham-on-Sea.
Oaktree Arena
Stadium
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Oaktree Arena was a speedway racing track located near Highbridge, Somerset, England. It is 300 metres in length, with banking around the edge for spectators and is built alongside the M5 motorway. Oaktree Arena is situated 1½ miles south of Brent Knoll Camp.
St Christopher’s Church, Lympsham
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Christopher in Lympsham, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It is known that Bartholomew de England was appointed rector at Lympsham in 1274, although the parish had been given by Ine of Wessex to Glastonbury Abbey in 690 remaining part of the Abbey estates until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. St Christopher’s Church, Lympsham is situated 2 miles north of Brent Knoll Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brent Knoll and East Brent.
Brent Knoll
Village
Photo: Tim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brent Knoll, formerly known as South Brent, is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, which lies on the southern edge of Brent Knoll – a hill with a height of 137 metres that dominates the low surrounding landscape of the Somerset Levels.
East Brent
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Brent is a village and civil parish, 5 miles west of Axbridge, Somerset, in the south-west of England. The village lies on the north-eastern edge of Brent Knoll, a hill that dominates the surrounding level countryside, and is close to the M5 motorway.
Lympsham
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lympsham is a village and civil parish six miles west of Axbridge and six miles south-east of Weston-super-Mare, close to the River Axe in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Wick where Wick Farmhouse dates from the mid 18th century. Lympsham is situated 2 miles north of Brent Knoll Camp.
Brent Knoll Camp
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: East Brent, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.25438° or 51° 15′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.94553° or 2° 56′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C3V7333+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1023931448OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q4961445
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