More information : Capler Camp (OE) (SO 593 329). (1)
Woldbury or Capler Camp, on a hill 400 ft above the Wye, with
a view of up to 30 miles. "The north & west, being naturally
strong, was defended by one fosse on the hill-side only,
while the south, the weaker side, where the high land continues
to some extent, is protected by a fosse with the ballast thrown
both sides to form two ramparts of some considerable power.
Towards the SW a third rampart & second fosse are found; the
fosse running from the east does not unite with that coming from
the west. The extreme east is not now in its original condition.
Entrances appear to have been both at the east and towards the
south west." There is a pool 138 ft long in the south ditch;
"a small stream flowed into the pool from the camp above." (a) (2)
A first brass of Lucilla (AD 161) found in the camp now in the
Hereford Museum. (3)
Capler Camp (name confirmed) (e) comprises a scarped natural
slope on the north side and a double rampart in the south.
There is an entrance in the east side and possibly another midway
along the south side.
On the south side of the south entrance is a motte-like mound
but whether this is an original feature or not is not certain.
Published survey 1:2500 revised. (4)
SO 592 329. Caplar [sic] (or Woldbury). Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 4.6ha. |