Location
- Atlas number
- EN0367 (367)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Worcestershire
- Historic county
- Worcestershire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Great Witley
- National Grid reference
- SO749645
- Latitude
- 52.27824
- Longitude
- -2.36876
- Altitude
- 260 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
- 4
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 23 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and berm
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South); In-turned (North); Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1996); Other (1998); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1005330
- HER
- Worcestershire MWR450 (second identifier WSM01142)
- National record
- record SO 76 SW 1; monument 114195
- Wikidata
- Q31120192
Sources
References
- Anon 1996. Note, West Midlands Archaeology, CBA Regional Group 8, 39.
- Page, W. and Willis-Bund, J.W. (eds) 1924. Victoria History of the Counties of England: a history of the County of Worcestershire, Vol IV, 442-44, London: St Catherine Press.