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Anstiebury Camp

Surrey, England · Atlas EN2575

Anstiebury Camp is a partial contour fort in Capel, Surrey, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work, and an enclosed area of 5 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a ridge and at 245 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and scrub or bracken.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1007891).

Location

Atlas number
EN2575 (2575)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Surrey
Historic county
Surrey
Parish, community, or townland
Capel
National Grid reference
TQ 1535 4400
Latitude
51.18354
Longitude
-0.35097
Altitude
245 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits
Finds
pottery
Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1904); Other (1975); Geophysical Survey (1987); Excavation (1987); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Geophysical Survey (1972-1973); Excavation (1972-1973); Earthwork Survey (1983-200

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1007891
HER
Surrey 23
National record
record TQ 14 SE 7; monument 397073
Wikidata
Q31117608

Sources

References

  1. Bird, D., Crocker, G. and McCracken, J. 1990. Archaeology in Surrey 1988-1989. Surrey Archaeol Coll, 80, 206.
  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. Hayman, G. 2008. Archaeological excavations at Anstiebury Hillfort, Coldharbour, in 1989 and 1991. Surrey Archaeol Coll, 94, 191-207.
  4. Seager Thomas, M. 2010. A re-contextualization of the prehistoric pottery from the Surrey hillforts of Hascombe, Holmbury and Anstiebury, Surrey Archaeol Coll, 95, 1-33.
  5. Thompson, F.H. 1979. Three Surrey hillforts: excavations at Anstiebury, Holmbury and Hascombe, 1972-77, Antiq J. 59, 245-318.