Warham Camp is the best preserved Iron Age fort in East Anglia.

Within Warham Camp

It is composed of two massive circular ramparts or banks and ditches, built within a bend of the River Stiffkey over 2000 years ago. It was built by the Icenis, a local tribe, using hard chalk to enclose a circular area of 1.5 hectares.

Parts of the camp were excavated in 1914, and again in 1959, unearthing fragments of Iron Age pottery dated between 200 BC and the 1st century AD.

Between the two circular banks, looking south.

The remains of a wooden fence and walkway were found on top of the inner bank, providing a protective path around the camp. Large amounts of Roman pottery and roof tiles have also been found indicating that the site was reused in the Roman period, and of the existence of other Roman settlements in the area.

Thomas Flanagan

The inner bank from the outer bank.

Between the two circular banks, looking west.

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