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Meon Hill

Warwickshire, England · Atlas EN3147

Meon Hill is a contour fort in Quinton, Warwickshire, England.

It is recorded as extant, with cropmark evidence as well, with a partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 10.4 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 192 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and arable.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1011372).

Location

Atlas number
EN3147 (3147)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Warwickshire
Historic county
Warwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Quinton
National Grid reference
SP 1769 4532
Latitude
52.10594
Longitude
-1.74307
Altitude
192 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 3, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
10.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Other Forms (North west); Other Forms (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and arable

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence
Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery, metal, human bones, animal bones, and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1885); Excavation (1906); Excavation (1922); Other (1927); Other (1968); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Earthwork Survey (1980-1989)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1011372
HER
Warwickshire 1825
National record
record SP 14 NE 6; monument 330738
Wikidata
Q31119833

Sources

References

  1. Andrews, F. B. 1923. Meon Hill. Birmingham Archaeol Soc. 49, 57
  2. Hodges, T R, 1906 Meon Hill and its treasures, Trans Birm Archaeol Soc 32, 111-125.
  3. Meaney, A. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites. Allen & Unwin, 217
  4. Price, E A, and Watson, B, 1982 Meon Hill, Warwickshire: interim report on field survey of the Iron Age hillfort, West Mids Archaeol 25, 77-82.
  5. Thomas, N. 1974. An archaeological gazetteer for Warwickshire: Neolithic to Iron Age. Trans Birm Warwicks Archaeol Soc, 86, 16-48.