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Bradley, Frodsham

Cheshire West and Chester, England · Atlas EN3183

Bradley, Frodsham is a promontory fort in Kingsley, Cheshire West and Chester, England.

Other names on the record: Bradley Camp and Bradley Hillfort.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, palisade, and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 0.61 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and a spur, at 45 m, and facing north.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and arable.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1013296).

Location

Atlas number
EN3183 (3183)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Historic county
Cheshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kingsley
National Grid reference
SJ53947679
Latitude
53.28609
Longitude
-2.69233
Altitude
45 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.61 ha
Footprint
0.81 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, palisade, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (South east); Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
north
Land use
woodland, pasture, and arable

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1843); Other (1977); LiDAR Survey (2010); Geophysical Survey (2011); Other (2011); Other (1874-1879)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1013296
HER
Cheshire MCH8235 (second identifier 971/1)
National record
record SJ 57 NW 6; monument 71532
Wikidata
Q31053080

Sources

References

  1. Bray, A.H.C. 2012. An evaluation of the archaeology of Bradley Promontory Fort, Cheshire, Unpublished BA Dissertation, University of Leicester.
  2. Brooks, I.P. Bradley Promontory Fort geophysical survey, EAS Client Report 2011/17, Blaenau Ffestiniog: Engineering Archaeological Services.
  3. Ferguson, A., Longley, D., Brown, R. and Drinkwater, L 1978. Bradley promontory fort above Beechbrook., Unpublished field notes.
  4. Garner, D. 2012. Hillforts of the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge, Monograph, Habitats and Hillforts Landscape Partnership Scheme, Chester: Cheshire West and Chester Council.
  5. Longley, D.M. 1987. Prehistory, In eds B.E. Harris and A.T. Thacker, The Victoria History of the County of Chester, Vol 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  6. Morgan, V. and Morgan, P. 2004, Prehistoric Cheshire, Landmark Collector's Library, Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing.