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Corley Camp

Warwickshire, England · Atlas EN3149

Corley Camp is a partial contour fort in Corley, Warwickshire, England.

Other names on the record: Burrow Hill Fort and Burrow Hill Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 3 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 166 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes arable.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1007718).

Location

Atlas number
EN3149 (3149)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Warwickshire
Historic county
Warwickshire
Parish, community, or townland
Corley
National Grid reference
SP 30447 85094
Latitude
52.46292
Longitude
-1.55330
Altitude
166 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, timber-framed wall, and timber-laced wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Other Forms (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); 1st Identified Written Reference (1904); Other (1923); Other (1924); Other (1968); Excavation (1923-1926)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1007718
HER
Warwickshire 369
National record
record SP 38 NW 9; monument 335977
Wikidata
Q31119850

Sources

References

  1. Chatwin, P. B. 1930. Excavations On Corley Camp, Near Coventry. Trans Proc Birmingham Archaeol Soc, 52. 282-7
  2. Cotton, M.A. 1955. British camps with timber-laced ramparts. Archaeol. J. 111, 46-53, 85.
  3. Doubleday, H. A. and Page, W. (eds) 1904. Victoria County History, Warwickshire, Vol 1, 370-1
  4. Thomas, N. 1974. An archaeological gazetteer for Warwickshire: Neolithic to Iron Age. Trans Birm Warwicks Archaeol Soc, 86, 16-48.