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Woodhouse

Cheshire West and Chester, England · Atlas EN3186

Woodhouse is a partial contour fort in Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester, England.

Other names on the record: Woodhouses and Woodhouse Hill Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and unfinished work, and an enclosed area of 1.6 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 137 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes woodland and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 1200–800 BC and 800–400 BC (Other). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1013297).

Location

Atlas number
EN3186 (3186)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Historic county
Cheshire
Parish, community, or townland
Frodsham
National Grid reference
SJ51077573
Latitude
53.27627
Longitude
-2.73526
Altitude
137 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
1.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and unfinished work
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Entrance forms
In-turned (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
southwest
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
1200–800 BC and 800–400 BC
Dating evidence
Other
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
quarry hollows
Finds
lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1873); Earthwork Survey (2009); Excavation (2009); LiDAR Survey (2009); Excavation (1949-1951); Other (2007-2011); Other (2009)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1013297
HER
Cheshire MCH8405 (second identifier 970/1)
National record
record SJ 57 NW; monument 71527
Wikidata
Q31053145

Sources

References

  1. Garner, D. 2012. Hillforts of the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge, Monograph, Habitats and Hillforts Landscape Partnership Scheme, Chester: Cheshire West and Chester Council.
  2. Garner, D. 2014. Helsby Hill to Maiden Castle: Prehistoric forts of the Cheshire Ridge, In ed. Saunders, T., Hillforts in the North West and Beyond, Archaeological North West: New Series, 3 (2014), Council for British Archaeology North West, 28-41.
  3. Garner, D. 2016. Hillforts of the Cheshire Ridge. Investigations undertaken by the Habitats and Hillforts Landscape Partnership Scheme 2009-2012. Oxford: Archaeopress.
  4. Morgan, V. and Morgan, P. 2004, Prehistoric Cheshire, Landmark Collector's Library, Ashbourne: Landmark Publishing, 145.
  5. Powell, T.G.E. and Webster, G. 1962. Trans Lancashire Cheshire Antiq Soc, 72 (1962) 17-19.
  6. West Yorkshire Archaeological Sevice 2009. Woodhouse Hill, Frodsham, Cheshire: archaeological topographic survey, Archaeological Services WYAS reports, Pollington M/2009.