Plainsfield Camp

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Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Plainsfield Camp is one of 29 hillforts the Albion Guide lists in Somerset. It sits inside the Quantock Hills National Landscape. Nearby hillforts include Dowsborough hillfort and Trendle Ring. For arrivals by rail, Bishop's Lydeard Station is 7.4 km to the south.

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