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Wall Hills Camp, Ledbury

Herefordshire, England · Atlas EN0034

Wall Hills Camp, Ledbury is a partial contour fort in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England.

Other names on the record: Wall Hills, Ledbury.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and berm, and an enclosed area of 10.1 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a knoll or outcrop, at 120 m, and facing north.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and arable.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1001760).

Location

Atlas number
EN0034 (34)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Herefordshire
Historic county
Herefordshire
Parish, community, or townland
Ledbury
National Grid reference
SO 690381
Latitude
52.04141
Longitude
-2.45232
Altitude
120 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 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
10.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and berm
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North); Oblique (North); In-turned (North east); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
north
Land use
woodland, pasture, and arable

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); Other (2012)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1001760
HER
Herefordshire MHE307 (second identifier 557)
National record
record SO 63 NE 1; monument 111943
Wikidata
Q31114234

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, 193, 215, London: St Catherine Press.
  3. RCHME 1931-34. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, 2, (E), 117-18, 44, London: HMSO.