Hamble Common Camp

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Hamble Common Camp

Hampshire

Hamble Common - geograph.org.uk - 150636.jpg
Type: Hill fort
Location
Grid reference: SU482061
Location: 50°51’5"N, 1°19’2"W
History
Built Iron Age
Information

Hamble Common Camp is the site of an Iron Age promontory hillfort in Hampshire, found to the south of the village of Hamble-le-Rice, in the heath and woods of Hamble Common, on a peninsula of land formed between Southampton Water and the River Hamble.[1]

The site was later occupied by St Andrews Castle, one of the 'Device Forts' built by King Henry VIII.

References

  1. Hamble Common camp Hillfort: The Modern Antiquarian