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Dukes Way, TEWKESBURY, GL20 5FG

This path through Stonehills estate roughly follows the route of the former footpath.

The remnants of the old earthworks have softened over the years but the recent flooding has left a fair amount of water in the bottom of the ditches. It lends some effect of what it perhaps used to look like. Many eminent historians have puzzled over Margaret's Camp, but few believe it was originally part of the Battle of Tewkesbury of 1471. A fairly popular theory relates that this small moated area was part of some older manor house or farmstead. There are some straighter ditches to the west and it's thought they concern water management - something that would be necessary in this low-lying part of Gloucestershire near the River Severn! See Image] for another view.

Margaret's Camp, with some recent flooding still in the ditches to mark the old moat. Pity the old mattress dumped in it detracts from a small but interesting historic site. It is not really known what Margaret's Camp was for or who created it. Certainly, Margaret of Anjou stayed near here before the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, but the earthworks are of older date. See Image] for more.

Margaret's Camp at Gupshill, this is the site of a former moated manor house and was probably already gone at the time of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

View across the ditches towards the moated area of Margaret's Camp. This part of the Gastons (originally called Gastum) saw the two sides of the Yorkist and Lancastrian armies set camp before the battle of 1471, although the earthworks here pre-date it. See Image] for another view.

Margaret's Camp at Gupshill, this is the site of a former moated manor house and was probably already gone at the time of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

Margaret's Camp at Gupshill, this is the site of a former moated manor house and was probably already gone at the time of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

This is Margaret's Camp, an area of the Gastons that has puzzled historians for a long time. Although it seems certain that Margaret of Anjou, queen to Henry VI, did actually establish a camp here before the battle of 1471 (and hence the name), the earthworks are rather older. Intriguingly, the highest point is a squarish mound of about 30m width, with some watery ditches around it and an 'L-shaped' embankment to the west of it. Other ditches lead off toward Gupshill Manor. See Image] for more views.

Margaret's Camp, south of the older part of Tewkesbury, has a small earthworks that are popularly known as such. This is looking westwards to take in some of the inner platform, remnants of the moat and some of the outer raised ground. See Image] for more.