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Burrow Hill Camp

Shropshire, England · Atlas EN0046

Burrow Hill Camp is a partial contour fort in Hopesay, Shropshire, England.

Other names on the record: Burrow Hill.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 3.2 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 340 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

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 (1021071).

Location

Atlas number
EN0046 (46)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Shropshire
Historic county
Shropshire
Parish, community, or townland
Hopesay
National Grid reference
SO 382830
Latitude
52.44208
Longitude
-2.91058
Altitude
340 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 3, SW 3, NW 2
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
3.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Passage-way/Corridor (North east); In-turned (North east); Oblique (North east); In-turned (South); Passage-way/Corridor (South west); Blocked (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken
Water source
spring

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Interior excavation
postholes and roundhouses
Finds
pottery and metal
Investigations
Other (1973); Excavation (1978); Other (1981); Other (1987); Other (2009); Other (2012); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (1993-2000); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1021071
HER
Shropshire 153
National record
record SO 38 SE 33; monument 107215
Wikidata
Q31113129

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. Victoria County History of Shropshire, 1, 363, Institute of Historical Research.
  3. Watson, M. 2002. Shropshire an archaeological guide, 20-1, plan, Shrewsbury: Shropshire Books.