Know variously as Sodbury Camp, Little Sodbury Hillfort or Old Sodbury Hillfort this is a major Iron Age fort with interior measurements of about 300m by 190m. A double rampart and ditch system form most of the boundaries, though the west side is on the edge of the escarpment and only has a single rampart. Footpaths offer access, though they can be over quite rough ground and those up the escarpment are steep.

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Less than 2 km north of Sodbury camp is another Iron Age fort, on a promontory near Horton. Known as Horton Camp, or "The Castles", it has a single rampart and ditch defining the north and East sides, and the escarpment defines the other boundaries. While smaller than Sodbury Camp it still has an interior of about 200m by 160m. Access is a 200m long footpath over a field, from a parking bay at the side of the road.

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Also known as "The Toot", these remains of a substantial "hillfort" have shaped the development of the village of Oldbury-on-Severn, South Gloucestershire. An impressive rampart system can be seen on the north side, and the village development exploited the western ramparts. Other aspects are less clearly defined, and whether they have been levelled, or were designed to be different, or whether it was never finished is unclear. Footpaths, across fields, run around and through the Toot, though views of the ramparts can be tantalising.  

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One of the best Neolithic (New Stone Age) chambered tombs in the country, this is to be found near the Somerset village of Wellow, around 5km south of Bath.  It was constructed about 3800 BCE and was in use for around two centuries.  It has an antechamber just inside the tomb followed by a passage leading to seven chambers. The entrance faces more or less south east.  Access across fields which can be muddy. There are several routes, of up to about 1km.

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A complex, multiphase site with impressive ramparts that originated in the late Bronze Age but were much expanded during the Iron Age. There is evidence of  around 100 platforms, most likely for dwellings. It has also had a wooden castle built on it. Little is known of this building but it is suspected to have originated between the 12th and 15th centuries CE.

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Active around 3700 BCE, this long barrow is around 10km east of Cheltenham. It has an impressive portal setting at the north end. This, however, is a "false entrance". A limited number of bones, mainly of children were found behind these stones but most internments were made in four chambers along the sides and at the other end. This massive structure was built over what is thought be be a much smaller, earlier monument, a circle of stone slabs buried near the centre of the current barrow.  

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It is easy to wander round the impressive remains of the original Roman town wall and foundations of a number of the town's buildings.  

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One of the Severn-Cotswold group of long barrows, this is a notable Neolithic chambered mound, found between Nympsfield and Dursley in Gloucestershire. The name, Hetty Pegler's Tump, references the name of one of the 17th century land owners, Henry and Hester Pegler.

Built around 3800 BCE, access in the north east, via a forecourt, leads to 5 chambers. It was used over about 2 centuries before the forecourt was filled with stone to block the way in. The remains of, at least, 22 people, men, women and children have been found in there, together with a few grave goods, including a perforated boar's tusk pendant. 

Substantially reconstructed in the 1850s, it suffered from vandalism and decay over the centuries. Some finds suggest that it was dug into in Roman times.

Access is along 300m rough path at the side of a field. You can gain entry to the chambers but you have to crawl through a low passage, over rough stones. Access can be dirty and it is worth taking a torch to see the side chambers.

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A number of years ago, some man-made "platforms", areas levelled from the nature contours of the ground, were noted in a local field. Since then a team has made regular surveying and excavation campaigns on what is a rich and exciting site. 

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