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Castle Old Fort
Walsall, England ยท Atlas EN3161
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3161 (3161)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Walsall
- Historic county
- Staffordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Walsall
- National Grid reference
- SK 06199 03269
- Latitude
- 52.62712
- Longitude
- -1.90986
- Altitude
- 189 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 2, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 1.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South east); Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge and hillslope
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- commercial forestry
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery and lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1686); Other (1958); Other (1974); Other (1976); Earthwork Survey (1987); Excavation (1991); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (1991-2001)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1017244
- HER
- Wolverhampton and Walsall 2661
- National record
- record SK 00 SE 1; monument 304477
- Wikidata
- Q31119914
Sources
References
- Cocroft, W., Jecock, M and Johnston, D. 1988, Staffordshire Hillforts Project. RCHME. Unpublished
- Hughes, E. 1991. An Archaeological Evaluation at Castle Old Fort, Stonnall, Walsall, 1991. Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. Unpublished
- Hughes, E. 1991. An Excavation & Watching Brief at Castle Old Fort, Stonnall, Walsall, 1991, (report no. 175). Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. Unpublished
- Hughes, E. 1991. An Excavation & Watching Brief at Castle Old Fort, Stonnall, Walsall, 1991, (report no. 150). Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. Unpublished
- Linnane, S. J. 1998. Castle Old Fort, Stonnall, Walsall: an archaeological watching brief, June 1998. Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit, Unpublished
- Macey, E. 2001. Castle Old Fort, Stonnall. Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit
- Moscrop D. 1996. Castle Old Fort, Stonnall, Walsall. An archaeological watching brief, March 1996. Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit. Unpublished
- Plot, R. 1686. Natural History of Staffordshire.
- Willmore, F. W. 1887. A history of Walsall and its neighbourhood. 11.