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Wighton Camp
Norfolk, England · Atlas EN2440
Location
- Atlas number
- EN2440 (2440)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Norfolk
- Historic county
- Norfolk
- Parish, community, or townland
- Wighton
- National Grid reference
- TF 943 390
- Latitude
- 52.91395
- Longitude
- 0.88909
- Altitude
- 15 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope 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
- 1
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- AD 50–400
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual and C14
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- pits
- Finds
- pottery, metal, human bones, and animal bones
- Investigations
- Excavation (1974); Other (1974); Other (2004-2013)
Identifiers
- HER
- Norfolk 1113
- Wikidata
- Q31113611
Sources
References
- Lawson, A. 1976. Excavations at Whey Curd Farm, Wighton. E Anglian Archaeol Rep. No. 2, 65-129.