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Aconbury Camp

Herefordshire, England · Atlas EN0001

Aconbury Camp is a partial contour fort and a promontory fort in Aconbury, Herefordshire, England.

Other names on the record: Aconbury Beacon.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and berm, and an enclosed area of 7.1 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and an inland promontory, at 276 m, and facing west.

Recorded land use includes woodland and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1001754).

Location

Atlas number
EN0001 (1)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Herefordshire
Historic county
Herefordshire
Parish, community, or townland
Aconbury
National Grid reference
SO 503330
Latitude
51.99363
Longitude
-2.72455
Altitude
276 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort and promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
6
Enclosed area
7.1 ha
Footprint
9.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and berm
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (South east); In-turned (South west); Other Forms (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and inland promontory
Aspect
west
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
quarry hollows
Finds
pottery
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Other (1951); Other (2012); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1001754
HER
Herefordshire MHE413 (second identifier 910)
National record
record SO 53 SW 1; monument 110371
Wikidata
Q31113987

Sources

References

  1. Dorling, P. and Wigley, A. 2012. Assessment of the archaeological and conservation status of major later prehistoric enclosures in Herefordshire and Shropshire, EH PNUM, Version 3.2, Hereford and Shrewsbury: Herefordshire Council/Shropshire Council.
  2. Kenyon, K.M. 1953. Excavations at Sutton Walls, Herefordshire 1948-51, Archaeol J, 110, 25-6.
  3. Page, W. 1908. The Victoria County History of the County of Herefordshire, 1, 201-2, London: St Catherine Press.
  4. RCHME 1930. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 1, SW, 13-14, London: HMSO.
  5. Stanford, S. C. (ed.) 1976. Guide to Prehistoric and Roman Sites in Herefordshire. Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club Archaeological Research Section, 12-13.