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Kemerton Camp, Bredon Hill

Worcestershire, England · Atlas EN0378

Kemerton Camp, Bredon Hill is a promontory fort in Eckington, Worcestershire, England.

Other names on the record: Bredon Hill Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, and berm, and an enclosed area of 7.1 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and at 285 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual and C14). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1005331).

Location

Atlas number
EN0378 (378)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Worcestershire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Eckington
National Grid reference
SO957402
Latitude
52.06042
Longitude
-2.06334
Altitude
285 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 2, SW 2, NW 0
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
7.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, and berm
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, timber-framed wall, and berm
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (South east); Passage-way/Corridor (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual and C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
postholes and roundhouses
Finds
pottery, metal, metalworking, human bones, animal bones, lithics, and environmental material
Investigations
Excavation (1905); Other (1970); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Excavation (1935-1937); Other (1992-1996)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1005331
HER
Worcestershire MWR1571 (second identifier WSM03943)
National record
record SO 94 SE 6; monument 11805
Wikidata
Q31120268

Sources

References

  1. Brown, I.W. 2009. Beacons in the landscape. The hillforts of England and Wales, Oxord: Windgather Press/Oxbow, 103 and various.
  2. Hencken T.C. 1938: The excavation of the Iron Age camp on Bredon Hill, Gloucestershire, 1935-37, Archaeol J, 05, 1-111.
  3. Hurst, D. and Western, G. 2012. New light on Kemerton Camp. Royal Archaeological Institute Newsletter, 43, 6-7.
  4. 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.