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Gaer Cop
Herefordshire, England ยท Atlas EN0018
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0018 (18)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Herefordshire
- Historic county
- Herefordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Hentland
- National Grid reference
- SO 536252
- Latitude
- 51.92337
- Longitude
- -2.67578
- Altitude
- 128 m
Form and condition
- Type
- level-terrain fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 7.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable and built-up land
- Water source
- pool
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2012)
Identifiers
- HER
- Herefordshire MHE2481 (second identifier 6422)
- Wikidata
- Q31113979
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. Includes photo.
- RCHME 1931-34. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 1 (SW), 90, 11, London: HMSO.