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Dundon Hill Camp

Somerset, England · Atlas EN0445

Dundon Hill Camp is a contour fort in Compton Dundon, Somerset, England.

Other names on the record: Compton Dundon Hillfort.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall and rubble, and an enclosed area of 5.5 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 103 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

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 (1014715).

Location

Atlas number
EN0445 (445)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Somerset
Historic county
Somerset
Parish, community, or townland
Compton Dundon
National Grid reference
ST485322
Latitude
51.08673
Longitude
-2.73670
Altitude
103 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
5.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, timber-framed wall, and other burning
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken
Water source
spring

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery, metal, and animal bones
Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1994); Other (1997); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1014715
HER
Somerset 53760
National record
record ST 43 SE 15; monument 194013
Wikidata
Q31115635

Sources

References

  1. Bothamley, C.H. 1911. Compton Dundon Hillfort. A history of the County of Somerset (VCH), 2, 490-91.
  2. Burrow, I. 1981. Hillfort and hill-top settlement in Somerset in the first to eighth centuries AD, BAR British Series 1(1974) - 91, 214.
  3. Grinsell, L.V. 1969. The Somerset Barrows Part 1, Proc Somerset Archaeol and Natur Hist Soc, 113, 18, 28.
  4. Hollinrake, C and Hollinrake, N.1997. An archaeological excavation of a water pipe trench on Dundon Hillfort, Compton Dundon, Somerset: interim report.
  5. Newman, P. 1995. Compton Dundon, Dundon Hill and Beacon, ST485030330, in eds, C.J. Webster and R.A. Croft, Somerset Archaeology 1994, Proc Somerset Archaeol and Natur Hist Soc, 138, 172.
  6. RCHME 1994. Dundon Hill Camp, Somerset, RCHME descriptive survey.