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Poston Camp

Herefordshire, England · Atlas EN0028

Poston Camp is a promontory fort in Vowchurch, Herefordshire, England.

Other names on the record: Lower Park Wood Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and berm, and an enclosed area of 1.7 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and a spur and at 221 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and pasture.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1001775).

Location

Atlas number
EN0028 (28)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Herefordshire
Historic county
Herefordshire
Parish, community, or townland
Vowchurch
National Grid reference
SO359376
Latitude
52.03350
Longitude
-2.93584
Altitude
221 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
1.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and berm
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
quarry hollows
Finds
pottery, human bones, animal bones, and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1754); Other (1888); Other (2012); Excavation (1932-1937)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1001775
HER
Herefordshire MHE695 (second identifier 1462)
National record
record SO 33 NE 11; monument 105765
Wikidata
Q31114215

Sources

References

  1. Anthony, I.E. 1958. The Iron Age camp at Poston, Herefordshire, Hereford: The Woolhope Club.
  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 Council.
  3. Marshall, G. 1933. Lower Park Wood Camp, Poston, in the Parish of Vowchurch, and some remarks on the Iron Age in Herefordshire. TWNFC 1933, pp 21-29.
  4. Marshall, G. 1934. Interim report on the excavation of the Iron Age camp at Poston, Vowchurch, Trans Woolhope Natur Fld Club, 89-99.
  5. RCHME 1931-34. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 31(SW), 245, 6, London: HMSO.