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Dean Camp

Gloucestershire, England ยท Atlas EN0747

Location

Atlas number
EN0747 (747)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Gloucestershire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Coln St Andrews
National Grid reference
SP165087
Latitude
51.77668
Longitude
-1.76226
Altitude
120 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
4.8 ha
Footprint
5.28 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1830); Other (2007-2010)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1018171
HER
Gloucestershire 87
National record
record SP 10 NE 5; monument 329658
Wikidata
Q31116086

Sources

References

  1. RCHME 1976. Ancient and historical monuments in the County of Gloucestershire, Vol. I: Iron Age and Romano- British monuments in Gloucestershire Cotswolds, London: HMSO, 36-7.
  2. Verey, D. 1970. Gloucestershire I: the Cotswolds, The Buildings of England, London: Penguin Books.199.