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Eaton Camp

Herefordshire, England · Atlas EN0017

Eaton Camp is a promontory fort in Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 7 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory, a valley bottom, and a knoll or outcrop, at 80 m, and facing east.

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

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual and C14). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1001756).

Location

Atlas number
EN0017 (17)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Herefordshire
Historic county
Herefordshire
Parish, community, or townland
Eaton Bishop
National Grid reference
SO 454393
Latitude
52.04935
Longitude
-2.79763
Altitude
80 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory, valley bottom, and knoll or outcrop
Aspect
east
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual and C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery, metalworking, animal bones, and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); LiDAR Survey (2011); Other (2012); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Excavation (1985-2012)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1001756
HER
Herefordshire MHE410 (second identifier 907)
National record
record SO 43 NE 14; monument 107794
Wikidata
Q31114162

Sources

References

  1. Atkinson, C. 2011. Eaton Camp, Ruckhall, Eaton Bishop CP, Stage 1: Field Investigation and
  2. LiDAR. Herefordshire Archaeology Report 296.
  3. Dorling, P. 2012: Eaton Camp, Ruckhall, Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire. A summary report on excavations in May 2012. Hereford: Herefordshire Archaeology Report 313.
  4. 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.
  5. RCHME 1931-34. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 1, 61-2, London: HMSO.