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Ivington Camp

Herefordshire, England · Atlas EN0021

Ivington Camp is a partial contour fort in Leominster, Herefordshire, England.

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 10.8 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 167 m, and facing northeast.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and built-up land.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1018856).

Location

Atlas number
EN0021 (21)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Herefordshire
Historic county
Herefordshire
Parish, community, or townland
Leominster
National Grid reference
SO484546
Latitude
52.18799
Longitude
-2.75556
Altitude
167 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 2, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
5
Enclosed area
10.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, and berm
Enclosing works, excavated
palisade
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Over-lapping (South east); In-turned (North east); Passage-way/Corridor (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
northeast and level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and built-up land

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
postholes
Finds
pottery and human bones
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Other (1968); Other (1996); Geophysical Survey (1996); Other (2003); Other (2012); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1018856
HER
Herefordshire MHE408 (second identifier 905)
National record
record SO 45 SE 6; monument 108278
Wikidata
Q31114174

Sources

References

  1. Dalwood, H., Hurst, D. and Pearson, E. 1997. Salvage Recording at Ivington Camp, Leominster: Archive Report. Worcester. Unpublished archive report 570, County Archaeology Service, Hereford and Worcester County Council.
  2. 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 CouncilMayes, S 2003. Camp Farm, Ivington, Herefordshire. Archaeological monitoring. Contractor Report.
  3. Page, W. ed. 1908. The Victoria County History of the County of Herefordshire, 1, 217, London: St Catherine Press.
  4. RCHME 1931-34. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 3 (NW), 131-32, 52, London: HMSO.