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Towbury Hill Camp
Gloucestershire, England ยท Atlas EN0766
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0766 (766)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Gloucestershire
- Historic county
- Gloucestershire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Twyning
- National Grid reference
- SO880370
- Latitude
- 52.03124
- Longitude
- -2.17634
- Altitude
- 50 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 4.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885); Other (2006-2009)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1005565
- HER
- Gloucestershire 446
- National record
- record SO 83 NE 1; monument 115727
- Wikidata
- Q31116301
Sources
References
- Bishop S. 2009. The Carrant Valley Landscape NMP: National Mapping Programme Report, Report No: 30-2009, English Heritage.