Coxall Knoll Camp

Location

Atlas number

EN0010 (10)

Country

England

Current county or unitary authority

Herefordshire

Historic county

Herefordshire

Parish, community, or townland

Buckton and Coxall

Also recorded in

Shropshire

National Grid reference

SO 366734

Latitude

52.35495

Longitude

-2.93234

Altitude

243 m

Form and condition

Type

contour fort

Condition

Extant

Morphology

partial bivallate and partial multivallate

Complete rampart circuit

Yes

Number of ramparts

4

Ramparts by quadrant

NE 4, SE 4, SW 2, NW 3

Number of ditches

2

Possible original entrances

3

Breaks through the ramparts

4

Enclosed area

5.8 ha

Enclosure areas

3.2 ha, 5.8 ha

Footprint

9 ha

Enclosing works, as visible

earthen bank and berm

Also recorded

multi-period enclosure system and ditches

Entrance forms

In-turned (North); In-turned (South); In-turned (West); Over-lapping (West); Outworks (West)

Landscape

Topographic position

hilltop

Aspect

level

Land use

woodland and commercial forestry

Dating

Dating

undated

Dating reliability

D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations

1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Other (1967); Other (2012); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number

1014107

HER

Herefordshire MHE30 (second identifier 197)

National record

record SO 37 SE 6; monument 106821

Wikidata

Q31114090

Sources

• Atlas of Hillforts record
• Wikidata
• Historic England list entry
• Historic England research record

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. Page, W. ed. 1908. The Victoria County History of the County of Herefordshire, 1, 203, London: St Catherine Press.
3. RCHME 1931-34. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 3 (NW), 27, London: HMSO.