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Symonds Yat promontory fort

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

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

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Symonds Yat promontory fort is a promontory fort in Gloucestershire. It is one of three promontory forts the Albion Guide charts in the county. It sits within the Wye Valley National Landscape. Lydney Station is 15.6 km away to the south-east.

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More places to visit near Symonds Yat promontory fort

Photo of the Wye Valley, a National Landscape in England and Wales.Highlight

Wye Valley

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Monmouth

A wooded river gorge winding along the Wales–England border, past Tintern Abbey down to Chepstow.

Photo: Symonds Yat Rock, a viewpoint near Monmouth in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, south west England.Iconic

Symonds Yat Rock

Viewpoint near Monmouth

A limestone bluff 120 metres above the Wye's great loop, with peregrines nesting in the cliffs below the viewpoint most springs since 1982.

0.2 km N

Photo of Symonds Yat West Amazing Hedge Puzzle, a visitor attraction near Monmouth in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Symonds Yat West Amazing Hedge Puzzle

Attraction near Monmouth

Family maze and gardens above the Wye at Symonds Yat West, with a butterfly house alongside.

0.3 km S

Photo of King Arthur's Cave, a cave near Monmouth in the Wye Valley, Herefordshire, central England.Highlight

King Arthur's Cave

Cave near Monmouth

Twin-mouthed cave in the wooded Wye gorge near Symonds Yat, holding evidence of Ice Age human and animal life.

1.8 km NW

Photo of Goodrich Castle, a ruined castle near Ross-on-Wye in the Wye Valley, Herefordshire, central England.Iconic

Goodrich Castle

Castle near Ross-on-Wye

Red-sandstone castle commanding the Wye valley.

4.4 km N

Photo of St Mary's Priory Church, a church in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

St Mary's Priory Church

Church near Monmouth

Monmouth's parish church on the site of a medieval priory, rebuilt in the Georgian and Victorian periods beneath a tall spire.

6.2 km SW