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Limlow Hill

Cambridgeshire, England ยท Atlas EN3027

Location

Atlas number
EN3027 (3027)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Cambridgeshire
Historic county
Hertfordshire
Parish, community, or townland
Litlington
National Grid reference
TL 3225 4172
Latitude
52.05805
Longitude
-0.07233
Altitude
61 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Enclosing works, excavated
unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery
Investigations
Other (1934); Excavation (1937)

Identifiers

HER
Cambridgeshire 03293a
National record
record TL 3 4 SW 2; monument 368685
Wikidata
Q31113738

Sources

References

  1. Wilkes, J.J. and Elrington, C.R. (eds). 1978. Victoria County History Cambridgeshire, Vol VII, 90.
  2. Crawford, O.G.S. 1936. Field Archaeology of the Royston District. Proc Prehist Soc, 2, 101-2.
  3. Clark, J.G.D. 1939. A Report on Trial Excavations at Limlow Hill, Litlington, Cambridgeshire. Proc Cambridge Antiq Soc, 38, 170-6.