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The Bulwarks, Haresfield
Gloucestershire, England ยท Atlas EN0762
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0762 (762)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Gloucestershire
- Historic county
- Gloucestershire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Haresfield
- National Grid reference
- SO828091
- Latitude
- 51.78025
- Longitude
- -2.25074
- Altitude
- 240 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 10 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1509); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885); Other (1970); Excavation (1801-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1004861
- HER
- Gloucestershire 439
- National record
- record SO 86 NW 1; monument 114937
- Wikidata
- Q31116292
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, 64a.