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Nottingham Hill Camp

Gloucestershire, England · Atlas EN0760

Nottingham Hill Camp is a promontory fort in Gotherington, Gloucestershire, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 48.6 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory, at 265 m, and facing northwest.

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

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1004864).

Location

Atlas number
EN0760 (760)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Gloucestershire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Gotherington
National Grid reference
SO983284
Latitude
51.95405
Longitude
-2.02616
Altitude
265 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 3, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
48.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
northwest
Land use
pasture, arable, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
roads or tracks
Finds
metal, human bones, animal bones, and lithics
Investigations
Other (1779); Excavation (1863); Other (1970); Excavation (1972); Geophysical Survey (2004); Other (2005); 1st Identified Written Reference (769-785)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1004864
HER
Gloucestershire 430
National record
record SO 92 NE 6; monument 117615
Wikidata
Q31116288

Sources

References

  1. Burrow, E.J. 1919: The ancient entrenchments and camps of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham: Author, 116.
  2. Hall, M. and Gingell, C. 1974. Nottingham Hill excavations, 1972, Antiquity, 48, 306-09.
  3. Lloyd Baker, T.J. 1818. An account of a chain of fortresses extending through the western part of Gloucestershire, Archaeologia, 19.00, 171.
  4. Marshall, A. 2004. SUMMARY OF GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY UNDERTAKEN AT NOTTINGHAM HILL HILLFORT, GOTHERINGTON, GLOS. Unpublished.
  5. Morris, R.W.B. and Marshall, A. 1983. A cup-and-ring marked stone from Nottingham Hill, Gotherington, Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc, 101, 171-74.
  6. RCHME 1976. Ancient and historical monuments in the County of Gloucestershire, Vol. I: Iron Age and Romano- British monuments in Gloucestershire Cotswolds, London: HMSO, 59a.
  7. Rudder, S. 1779. A new history of Gloucestershire, Cirencester: Author, 369.
  8. Stoertz, C. 2012. The North Cotswolds: a highlight report for the National Mapping Programme, Report No 17-2012, Centre for Archaeology.
  9. Witts, G.B. 1883. Archaeological handbook of the County of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham: Norman Brothers, 38.