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Soldier's Ring

Surrey, England ยท Atlas EN2573

Location

Atlas number
EN2573 (2573)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Surrey
Historic county
Surrey
Parish, community, or townland
Seale and Tongham
National Grid reference
SU 88020 46200
Latitude
51.20818
Longitude
-0.74135
Altitude
125 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosed area
0.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
northeast
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (2001); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1007885
HER
Surrey 1728
National record
record SU 84 NE 18; monument 247200
Wikidata
Q31117604

Sources

References

  1. Lowther, A. 1939. Survey of the prehistory of the Farnham district, Surrey, Surrey Archaeological Society, 204.
  2. Hamilton, S. and Manley, J. 2001. Hillforts, monumentality and place: a chronological and topographical review of First millennium BC hillforts of South-East England. European J Archaeol, 4(1), 7-42.
  3. Hanworth, R. 1976. Seale, Crooksbury: Two dubious hillforts. Surrey Archael Bulletin, 123, January 1976.
  4. Howe, T., Jackson, G. and Maloney, C. 2001. Archaeology in Surrey 2001. Surrey Archaeol Collect, 89, 269.