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Ramsbury
West Berkshire, England ยท Atlas EN0098
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0098 (98)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Berkshire
- Historic county
- Berkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Thatcham
- National Grid reference
- SU 52469 69532
- Latitude
- 51.42233
- Longitude
- -1.24679
- Altitude
- 149 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 2.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank and unfinished work
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1948); Excavation (1949); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1931-1961)
Identifiers
- HER
- West Berkshire MWB2645
- National record
- record SU 56 NW 3; monument 237035
- Wikidata
- Q31119897
Sources
References
- Hadcock, N. 1948-50. Earthwork at Ramsbury Corner, Bucklebury. Trans Newbury Dist Fld Club .9 24-25 Plan.
- Cotton, M. A. 1962. Berkshire Hill Forts. Berkshire Archaeol .J 60: 30-52
- Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-Forts. An Index. British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62. 211