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Bloodgate Hill
Norfolk, England · Atlas EN2415
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2415 (2415)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Norfolk
- Historic county
- Norfolk
- Parish, community, or townland
- South Creake
- National Grid reference
- TF 8482 3525
- Latitude
- 52.88292
- Longitude
- 0.74550
- Altitude
- 61 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 3.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual and C14
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- pits
- Finds
- pottery, human bones, and animal bones
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1797); Earthwork Survey (1973); Geophysical Survey (2003); Excavation (2003); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1018342
- HER
- Norfolk 1910
- National record
- record TF 8 3 NW 7; monument 358321
- Wikidata
- Q31113659
Sources
References
- Gaffney, C. 2003 BLOODGATE HILL, NORFOLK. GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS OF BRADFORD 2003/69.
- Penn, K. 2006. Excavation and Survey at the Iron Age fort at Bloodgate Hill, South Creake, 2003. Norfolk Archaeol. Vol XLV, 1-27.
- Rickett, R. 1991. The other forts of Norfolk, in The Iron Age forts of Norfolk, E Anglian Archaeol Rep. No. 54, 62-3.