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Dinedor Camp

Herefordshire, England · Atlas EN0013

Dinedor Camp is a contour fort in Dinedor, Herefordshire, England.

Other names on the record: Oyster Hill.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, and berm, and an enclosed area of 3.9 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 182 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for before 1200 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1001758).

Location

Atlas number: EN0013 (13)
Country: England
Current county or unitary authority: Herefordshire
Historic county: Herefordshire
Parish, community, or townland: Dinedor
National Grid reference: SO 523363
Latitude: 52.02347
Longitude: -2.69574
Altitude: 182 m

Form and condition

Type: contour fort
Condition: Extant
Morphology: partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit: No
Number of ramparts: 2
Ramparts by quadrant: NE 2, SE 1, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches: 1
Possible original entrances: 1
Breaks through the ramparts: 1
Enclosed area: 3.9 ha
Enclosing works, as visible: earthen bank, stone wall, and berm
Enclosing works, excavated: stone wall
Also recorded: ditches
Entrance forms: Out-turned (East); Passage-way/Corridor (East)

Landscape

Topographic position: hilltop
Aspect: level
Land use: woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating: before 1200 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400
Dating evidence: Artefactual
Dating reliability: B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation: pits
Finds: pottery, metal, animal bones, and lithics
Investigations: 1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Excavation (1951); Other (1998); Other (2012); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number: 1001758
HER: Herefordshire MHE657 (second identifier 1278)
National record: record SO 53 NW 16; monument 110220
Wikidata: Q5278027

Sources

References

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.
Dorling, P. and Widdicombe, R. 2008. A conservation management plan for Dinedor Camp, Herefordshire. Hereford: Herefordshire Archaeology.
Page, W. ed. 1908. The Victoria County History of the County of Herefordshire, 1, 208-9, London: St Catherine Press.
RCHME 1931-34. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 1(SW), 55, 6, London: HMSO.