On top of the ramparts
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On top of the ramparts
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 6 Aug 2014
This gate, also on the Gustav Holst Way, is actually on top of some large earthworks. It is part of the Salmonsbury area, just to the north-east of Bourton-on-the-Water, and was an Early Iron Age encampment. The enclosed section included double ditches and ramparts and takes in an unusually large swathe of land; it occupies a flat gravel-rich plain between higher ground and is thought to be more like a market area rather than a fort. Discoveries include currency bars, but the place is known by its Saxon name - Salmonsbury. Other finds include evidence of occupation by the Belgae tribe for a time too about the time of the Roman invasion.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.888459
Longitude
-1.749165