Capler Camp
Iron Age hill fort in Herefordshire, England
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Capler Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of Fownhope, Herefordshire, England.
Earthworks at Capler Camp. | |
  Capler Camp Shown within Herefordshire | |
| Location | near Brockhampton, Herefordshire |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°59′34″N 2°35′20″W |
| OS grid reference | SO 59244 32945 |
| Type | Hillfort |
| Designated | 26 November 1928 |
| Reference no. | 1001759 |
The Camp is on a hill top above the River Wye. It has a double layer of ditches enclosing 10 acres (4.0 ha).[1] The Wye Valley Walk goes through this land.
Capler was known as Capelore in the Domesday Book. This name combined caple, "look-out place" with ofer, "flat-topped ridge".[2]
