Capler Camp

Iron Age hill fort in Herefordshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Capler Camp

Capler Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of Fownhope, Herefordshire, England.

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Earthworks at Capler Camp.

The Camp is on a hill top above the River Wye. It has a double layer of ditches enclosing 10 acres (4.0 ha).[1]

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3D view of the digital terrain model

The Wye Valley Walk goes through this land.

Capler was known as Capelore in the Domesday Book. This name combined caple, "look-out place" with ofer, "flat-topped ridge".[2]

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