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Batsford Camp

Gloucestershire, England ยท Atlas EN0772

Location

Atlas number
EN0772 (772)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Gloucestershire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Moreton-in-Marsh
National Grid reference
SP203329
Latitude
51.99468
Longitude
-1.70474
Altitude
125 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Finds
metal
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Other (2002-2006)

Identifiers

HER
Gloucestershire 360
National record
record SP 23 SW 5; monument 332844
Wikidata
Q31116169

Sources

References

  1. Stoertz ,C. 2012. The North Cotswolds: a highlight report for the National Mapping Programme, Report No 17-2012.Centre for Archaeology.