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The Capler Circular Walk
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DISTANCE: 2 miles
Walk InformationThis leaflet has been designed to tell you all you need toknow about the route before you set out.
About CaplerBased in the countryside near Capler Camp Hillfort, thiswalk takes you through some beautiful ancient semi-natural woodland, which is carpeted with bluebells in latespring. It then follows the riverside, before rising up toCapler Viewpoint, where you can take in the spectacularview of the River Wye and its floodplain.
Capler CampCapler Camp, Iron Age Hill Fort dominates the surroundingcountryside with expansive views south and west. It is ovalin shape and has a double set of defensive ramparts on itssouthern side but only a single rampart on its steepernorthern side.
The camp was occupied from around 500 BC until sometime in the mid to late Romano-British period, (2nd or 3rd
century AD). The extent or type of occupation within thecamp is not known. Was it a place of refuge for thesurrounding community? Was it a protected market or cropstorage area? Did it house the social elite from a definedterritory? Or, did it serve all these purposes? One thing iscertain, the community which built the huge ramparts werevery well organised and controlled suggesting that Iron Agesociety was complex and well structured.
The River WyeThe River Wye and its banks are a Site of Special ScientificInterest (SSSI) from the source to the mouth, one of thefew rivers in the UK to receive this designation.
The ancient woodland alongside the Wye at Capler shows atypical 'climax' woodland for this area dominated by Oak,Ash and Lime with an understorey of field maple and hazel.This woodland supports a diverse ground flora that includesnettle-leaved bellflower, the rare fingered sedge and anabundance of damp shade loving mosses and ferns.
ParkingParking is available at both Brinkley Hill Picnic Site,Capler Camp View Point and Brockhampton Village Hall.
RefreshmentsThe nearby village of Fownhope offers an excellentchoice of public houses and a village store.
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Always follow the Country Code. Enjoy your walk!
Walk them all...There are 15 circular walks in the county ranging indistance from 2 to 10 miles and four of these walks are‘Miles without Stiles’ routes .
For more information on the other routes or to downloadthe leaflets please visit:www.herefordshire.gov.uk/circularwalks
This route is managed by Amey Herefordshire contact customer services Tel: 01432 261800
or email: [email protected]
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