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Norbury Camp, Colesbourne
Gloucestershire, England ยท Atlas EN0750
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0750 (750)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Gloucestershire
- Historic county
- Gloucestershire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Colesbourne
- National Grid reference
- SO989149
- Latitude
- 51.83321
- Longitude
- -2.01637
- Altitude
- 260 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
- 3
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 3.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Over-lapping (South west); Simple Gap (North east); Out-turned (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1884); Geophysical Survey (2014); Other (2007-2010)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1018167
- HER
- Gloucestershire 177
- National record
- record SO 91 NE 14; monument 14969
- Wikidata
- Q31116131
Sources
References
- RCHME 1976. Ancient and historical monuments in the County of Gloucestershire, Vol. I: Iron Age and Romano- British monuments in Gloucestershire Cotswolds, London: HMSO, 34-5.
- Saville, A. ed 1984. Archaeology in Gloucestershire from earliest hunters to the industrial age: essays dedicated to Helen O'Neil and the late Elsie Clifford, 165.