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Whitestaunton Camp
Somerset, England ยท Atlas EN0443
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0443 (443)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Somerset
- Historic county
- Somerset
- Parish, community, or townland
- Whitestaunton
- National Grid reference
- ST265090
- Latitude
- 50.87574
- Longitude
- -3.04607
- Altitude
- 200 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
- 2 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Passage-way/Corridor (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- woodland, pasture, and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1018636
- HER
- Somerset 53259
- National record
- record ST 20 NE 2; monument 189963
- Wikidata
- Q31115630
Sources
References
- Burrow, E.J. 1924. Ancient earthworks and camps of Somerset, Cheltenham: E.J. Burrow, 96-97.
- Page, W. (ed) 1911. The Victoria County History of the County of Somerset, 2, 503, London: St Catherine Press.