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Haffield Camp

Herefordshire, England ยท Atlas EN0020

Location

Atlas number
EN0020 (20)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Herefordshire
Historic county
Herefordshire
Parish, community, or townland
Donnington
National Grid reference
SO 723339
Latitude
52.00316
Longitude
-2.40465
Altitude
90 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
1.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, palisade, and berm
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Other (2012)

Identifiers

HER
Herefordshire MHE1127 (second identifier 3711)
National record
record SO 73 SW 10; monument 113612
Wikidata
Q31113981

Sources

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, 209, London: St Catherine Press.
  3. RCHME 1932. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 2 (E), 69, 10, London: HMSO.