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Fron Camp
Shropshire, England ยท Atlas EN0068
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0068 (68)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Shropshire
- Historic county
- Shropshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Clun
- National Grid reference
- SO249826
- Latitude
- 52.43687
- Longitude
- -3.10487
- Altitude
- 310 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.28 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, rubble, and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west); Hollow Way (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- lithics
- Investigations
- Other (2012); Other (1966-1987); Other (1973-1979); Other (1977-1981); Other (1993-2000)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1021069
- HER
- Shropshire 1191
- National record
- record SO 28 SW 11; monument 105467
- Wikidata
- Q31113313
Sources
References
- 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.
- Page, W. ed. 1908. Victoria County History of Shropshire, 1, 354-55, Institute of Historical Research.