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Conderton Camp

Worcestershire, England · Atlas EN0375

Conderton Camp is a partial contour fort in Conderton, Worcestershire, England.

Other names on the record: Danes Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 0.71 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a spur, at 190 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual and C14). Reliability is recorded as A - High.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1005327).

Location

Atlas number
EN0375 (375)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Worcestershire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Conderton
National Grid reference
SO971383
Latitude
52.04348
Longitude
-2.04286
Altitude
190 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
0.71 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North); In-turned (South); Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
southwest and level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual and C14
Dating reliability
A - High

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits, postholes, roundhouses, and quarry hollows
Finds
pottery, metal, metalworking, human bones, animal bones, lithics, and environmental material
Investigations
Other (1970); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Excavation (1958-1959); Geophysical Survey (1958-1996); Other (2002-2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1005327
HER
Worcestershire MWR1257 (second identifier WSM02907)
National record
record SO 93 NE 1; monument 118000
Wikidata
Q31120260

Sources

References

  1. Horn, J. Forthcoming. The dating of hillforts in Britain and Ireland. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh.
  2. Thomas, N. 2005. Conderton Camp Worcestershire. A small middle Iron Age hillfort on Bredon HIll, CBA Research Reort 143, York: CBA. Windle, B.C.A. and Willis-Bund, J.W. (eds) 1901. Victoria History of the Counties of England: a history of the County of Worcestershire, 1, London: St Catherine Press.
  3. Small, F. et al 2006. The Forest of Dean Mapping Project, Gloucestershire: a report for the National Mapping Programme, Report No 28-2006, Centre for Archaeology Report.
  4. Stoertz, C. 2012. The North Cotswolds: a highlight report for the National Mapping Programme, Report No 17-2012,Centre for Archaeology Report.