Location
- Atlas number
- EN0782 (782)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Northamptonshire
- Historic county
- Northamptonshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Farthingstone
- National Grid reference
- SP 6183 5669
- Latitude
- 52.20498
- Longitude
- -1.09653
- Altitude
- 175 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 2.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank, stone wall, other burning, counterscarp bank, and berm
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- C - Low
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery, metal, and metalworking
- Investigations
- Excavation (1959); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1018857
- HER
- Northamptonshire 783/1 (second identifier MNN15739)
- National record
- record SP 6 5 NW 5
- Wikidata
- Q31113954
Sources
References
- Knight, D. 1986-7. An Iron Age hillfort at Castle Yard, Farthingstone, Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Archaeol. 21, 31-40.