MenuBeckbury Camp, Gloucestershire
Beckbury Camp is a slight univallate hillfort situated on a wide limestone plateau forming part of the Cotswold Hills at the summit of a steep scarp overlooking the wide valley of the River Isbourne in Gloucestershire. With the fort is a 19th-century limestone built structure with alcoves, basins and an extending stone slab known as ‘Cromwell’s Seat’ which allegedly marks the spot where Thomas Cromwell watched Hailes Abbey burning in the valley below following its dissolution. It is within the council area of Cotswold (Gloucestershire).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1003319.
Place Type: Hillfort
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Lat, Long: 51.967774,-1.908482
Grid Reference: SP 0638 2992
Civil Parish: Temple Guiting CP
Council Area: Cotswold CA (Gloucestershire CA)
Police Area: Gloucestershire PA
GBPN ID: 299820
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Beckbury_Camp,_Gloucestershire_299820
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Historic England Scheduled Monument 1003319.
Place Type: Hillfort
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Lat, Long: 51.967774,-1.908482
Grid Reference: SP 0638 2992
Civil Parish: Temple Guiting CP
Council Area: Cotswold CA (Gloucestershire CA)
Police Area: Gloucestershire PA
GBPN ID: 299820
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Beckbury_Camp,_Gloucestershire_299820
Peruse Gloucestershire on Wikishire