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View from the Herefordshire Beacon (British Camp) | | Please wait while image loads hit F5 to refresh. | | To control the image manually drag mouse while holding left mouse button. Use A & Z to zoom in out. |  Hear a commentary on the view from the Herefordshire Beacon by BBC Hereford and Worcester's Mike George.
To hear this you need Real Player, get one free using the BBC download guide.When the Real Player box appears minimise it using the - button in the top right hand corner and the commentary will start to play. | - British camp is an Iron Age Hill fort dating from circa 200 BC. It covers 32 acres of the Herefordshire beacon.
- Popular legend has it that the British chiefton Caractacus was captured by the Romans at British camp.
- The Herefordshire Beacon is 338 metres high.
- Running along the ridge from British Camp is the 13th century Red Earl's Dyke, which was a shire ditch built by the Earl of Gloucester.
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