Location
- Atlas number
- EN2855 (2855)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Lincolnshire
- Historic county
- Lincolnshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Careby Aunby and Holywell
- National Grid reference
- TF 04004 15601
- Latitude
- 52.72803
- Longitude
- -0.46133
- Altitude
- 53 m
Form and condition
- Type
- level-terrain fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop, lowland, and spur
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- commercial forestry
Dating
- Dating
- 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1965); Other (1977); Other (2001); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1003613
- HER
- Lincolnshire 30057
- National record
- record TF 01 NW 4; monument 348223
- Wikidata
- Q31112842
Sources
References
- Forest Enterprise Woodlands in Lincolnshire. 2001. Archaeological Project Services, 2001, Careby Wood. (Intervention Report). Unpublished
- Aguire M, 1995. Careby Camp in its Local Context. Unpublished.