It started life as a henge?
Nice pic here...
http://aeroengland.photodeck.com/media/a35f58e0-850f-4c51-bfde-8a03f29b0687-aerial-photograph-of-warham-camp-iron-age-fort-norfolk-england
Google Maps
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Warham,+Wells-next-the-Sea/@52.9299378,0.8915651,239m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d776af112c701d:0x23a27719cbe29d1!8m2!3d52.9377039!4d0.894069
Been reading the Michael Wood 'In Search of the Dark Ages book, after digging the series I caught on you tube muchly. Obvs the beauty these days is being able to google maps loads of the sites mentioned to get a better idea of the place and setting etc.... Anyhoo, I searched for Warham Camp in Norfolk as the thinking back in 1981 was that it was supposed to be an important local Iceni center. I was quite surprised to see an almost perfectly round 'hillfort' with openings to the NE/S and a river/tributary to the West of the site (now diverted to unfortunately cut through the site). Now I'm no expert, but it does look surprisingly henge like. As far as I can ascertain, it hasn't been excavated, but quite a few chance finds have been thrown up by mole/rabbit activity, a small amount dating to the Neolithic, but the majority later Iron Age or Roman. Was just intrigued as it's so very round. Surprised it hasn't been dug, but maybe that's for the better. On google earth, there's also a tantalizing smaller circle in the adjoining field to the East. Looks like a ploughed out barrow, but again, being Norfolk, it could be something fairly modern (ploughed out WWII gun emplacement/ windmill tump etc....) but it does look old.
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