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Arley Wood Camp

Worcestershire, England ยท Atlas EN0370

Location

Atlas number
EN0370 (370)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Worcestershire
Historic county
Worcestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Arley
National Grid reference
SO803823
Latitude
52.43897
Longitude
-2.29036
Altitude
140 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 3, SW 3, NW 2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
1.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Passage-way/Corridor (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope and spur
Aspect
northeast
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1960)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1005335
HER
Worcestershire MWR1274 (second identifier WSM02962)
National record
record SO 88 SW 14; monument 116774
Wikidata
Q31120219

Sources

References

  1. Page, W. and Willis-Bund, J.W. (eds) 1913. Victoria History of the Counties of England: a history of the County of Worcestershire, 3, London: St Catherine Press.