Warham Camp

Warham Camp is an Iron Age circular hill fort with a diameter of 212 metres (232 yards) near Warham, south of Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. It is a Scheduled Monument[2] and a 5.1-hectare (13-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1][3] It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]

Warham Camp

Site of Special Scientific Interest
The ramparts on the north-west side
Area of Search	Norfolk
Grid reference	TF 943 408[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	5.1 hectares (13 acres)[1]
Notification	1984[1]
Location map	Magic Map

The fort is divided into two parts by a channel of the River Stiffkey constructed in the eighteenth century.[2] It dates to the last few centuries before the Roman invasion of Britain,[5] with evidence of post-occupation activity. The University of East Anglia has described it as the best-preserved hill fort in Norfolk.[6]

This unimproved chalk grassland site is heavily grazed by rabbits and cattle. It has diverse herb species such as common rock-rose and squinancywort, and butterflies including the chalkhill blue.[7]

There is access to the site by a footpath.

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Warham Camp". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
2. Historic England. "Warham Camp small multivallate fort (1018015)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
3. "Map of Warham Camp". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
4. "Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB" (PDF). Norfolk Coast AONB. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
5. Bloodgate hill fort, South Creake, Norfolk Archaeological Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
6. Warham Camp, Landscape History, University of East Anglia. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
7. "Warham Camp citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

External links

• Warham Camp Iron Age Fort, Norfolk Historic Environment Service