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Ilchester Mead

Somerset, England · Atlas EN0441

Ilchester Mead is a level-terrain fort in Ilchester, Somerset, England.

Other names on the record: The Oppidum.

It is recorded as extant, with surface evidence of earthen bank and an enclosed area of 16 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it in a lowland setting and at 12 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1006129).

Location

Atlas number
EN0441 (441)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Somerset
Historic county
Somerset
Parish, community, or townland
Ilchester
National Grid reference
ST520220
Latitude
50.99532
Longitude
-2.68538
Altitude
12 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
16 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery
Investigations
Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006129
HER
Somerset 53089
National record
record ST 52 SW 80; monument 918309
Wikidata
Q31115583

Sources

References

  1. None