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Norton Manor Camp, or RM Norton Manor, is a Royal Marines base located near Norton Fitzwarren, 2 miles (3.2 km) north west of Taunton, Somerset, in England. It is home to 40 Commando. In 2016, the government announced that Norton Manor Camp would be closed by 2028.
Cadbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort in Somerset, England, near the village of Tickenham.It is a scheduled monument. [1] [2] Although primarily known as a fort during the Iron Age it is likely, from artefacts, including a bronze spear or axe head, discovered at the site, that it was first used in the Bronze Age and still occupied through the Roman era into the sub-Roman period when the area ...
A street map with Worlebury Camp indicated by the arrow Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine; A bird's-eye view of present-day Worlebury Camp This article incorporates material from Worlebury, an Ancient Stronghold in the County of Somerset (by Charles Dymond), a public domain source.
A picture of Brent Knoll Camp showing some of the old walls Somerset is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is a rural county of rolling hills, such as the Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. Modern man came to what is now known as Somerset during the Early Upper Palaeolithic era. In the Neolithic era ...
Ruborough Camp is an Iron Age hill fort on the Quantock Hills near Broomfield in Somerset, England. The name comes from Rugan beorh or Ruwan-beorge meaning Rough Hill . It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument [ 2 ] and on the Heritage at Risk Register .
The barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 13th (1st Somerset) Regiment of Foot. [3] The barracks were named after the Battle of Jellalabad in which the regiment had taken part. [1] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Somerset Light Infantry with its depot in the barracks in 1881. [3]
Butlins Resort Minehead is a holiday camp operated by Butlins, located in Minehead in Somerset, England.It opened in 1962 and remains in use today. It was known as Butlin's Minehead until 1987, and as Somerwest World from then until 1999, when it reopened as Butlins Minehead Resort.
Dolebury Warren (also known as Dolebury Camp) is a 90.6-hectare (224-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and ancient monument near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset, part of South West England. It is owned by the National Trust, who acquired the freehold in 1983, and managed by the Avon Wildlife ...