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Capler Camp

Herefordshire, England · Atlas EN0007

Capler Camp is a contour fort in Brockhampton (Ross on Wye), Herefordshire, England.

Other names on the record: Woldbury and Wobury.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and berm, and an enclosed area of 4.6 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a spur, at 182 m, and facing south.

Recorded land use includes woodland, scrub or bracken, and built-up land.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1001759).

Location

Atlas number: EN0007 (7)
Country: England
Current county or unitary authority: Herefordshire
Historic county: Herefordshire
Parish, community, or townland: Brockhampton (Ross on Wye)
National Grid reference: SO 593329
Latitude: 51.99301
Longitude: -2.59419
Altitude: 182 m

Form and condition

Type: contour fort
Condition: Extant
Morphology: partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit: Yes
Number of ramparts: 3
Ramparts by quadrant: NE 1, SE 2, SW 3, NW 2
Number of ditches: 2
Possible original entrances: 1
Breaks through the ramparts: 2
Enclosed area: 4.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible: earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and berm
Also recorded: ditches
Entrance forms: In-turned (East); Other Forms (East)

Landscape

Topographic position: spur
Aspect: south
Land use: woodland, scrub or bracken, and built-up land
Water source: stream and pool

Dating

Dating: AD 50–400
Dating evidence: Artefactual
Dating reliability: C - Low

Interior and investigation

Finds: pottery, metalworking, animal bones, lithics, and environmental material
Investigations: 1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Excavation (1924); Other (1990); Other (2012); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number: 1001759
HER: Herefordshire MHE414 (second identifier 911)
National record: record SO 53 SE 9; monument 110314
Wikidata: Q5036034

Sources

References

Bull, H G. 1883. Woldbury, or Caplar Camp.,Trans Woolhope Natur Field Club, 44-49.
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.
Jack, G.H. and Haytor, A.G.K. 1925. Excavations at the site of Capler Camp. Trans Woolhope Natur Fld Club, 83-88.
Page, W. ed. 1908. The Victoria County History of the County of Herefordshire, 1, 204-5, London: St Catherine Press.