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The Bulwarks

Leicestershire, England · Atlas EN1001

The Bulwarks is a contour fort in Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England.

Other names on the record: Breedon Hill and Breedon-On-The-Hill.

It is recorded as both extant and likely destroyed, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 9.3 hectares.

Survival on the ground may be uneven.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 122 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture and built-up land.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1003606).

Location

Atlas number
EN1001 (1001)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Leicestershire
Historic county
Derbyshire
Parish, community, or townland
Breedon on the Hill
National Grid reference
SK 4062 2330
Latitude
52.80571
Longitude
-1.39888
Altitude
122 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosed area
9.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, timber-framed wall, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (West)

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits, postholes, and roundhouses
Finds
pottery, metal, metalworking, human bones, animal bones, and environmental material
Investigations
Excavation (1946); Excavation (1957); Excavation (1966); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (1961-1963)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1003606
HER
Leicestershire and Rutland MLE4399
National record
record SK 4 2 SW 4; monument 315442
Wikidata
Q17645863

Sources

References

  1. Kenyon, K. 1950. Excavations at Breedon-on-the Hill, 1946. Leicestershire Archaeol Hist Soc Trans, 26, 17-82.
  2. Wacher, J. 1964. Excavations at Breedon-on-the Hill, Leicestershire, 1957. Antiq J, 44, 122-42.
  3. Wacher, J. 1976-7. Excavations at Breedon-on-the Hill. Leicestershire Archaeol Hist Soc Trans, 52, 1-35.