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The Castles, Bathealton
Somerset, England ยท Atlas EN0438
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0438 (438)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Somerset
- Historic county
- Somerset
- Parish, community, or townland
- Bathealton
- National Grid reference
- ST057244
- Latitude
- 51.01117
- Longitude
- -3.34562
- Altitude
- 220 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
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 1.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1019150
- HER
- Somerset 43351
- National record
- record ST 02 SE 1; monument 188235
- Wikidata
- Q31115549
Sources
References
- Burrow, E.J. 1924. Ancient earthworks and camps of Somerset, Cheltenham: E.J. Burrow, 66-67.
- Page, W. (ed) 1906. The Victoria County History of the County of Somerset, 1, 357, London: St Catherine Press.
- Page, W. (ed) 1911. The Victoria County History of the County of Somerset, 2, 481, London: St Catherine Press.