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Berth Hill
Staffordshire, England ยท Atlas EN3254
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3254 (3254)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Staffordshire
- Historic county
- Staffordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Maer
- National Grid reference
- SJ 78756 39002
- Latitude
- 52.94796
- Longitude
- -2.31763
- Altitude
- 175 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 3, SE 2, SW 2, NW 3
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank and timber-framed wall
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South west); Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and inland promontory
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- commercial forestry
- Water source
- spring
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1782); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1880); Other (1925); Other (1958); Other (1974); Excavation (1975); Earthwork Survey (1989); Excavation (None-1975)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1009771
- HER
- Staffordshire 00023-MST23
- National record
- record SJ 73 NE 7; monument 74227
- Wikidata
- Q31113523
Sources
References
- Jecock, M. 1989. RCHME: Staffordshire Hillforts Project. Unpublished
- Pennant, T. 1782. The Journey from Chester to London. London. 47
- Emery, G. 1975. Berth Hill, Staffs (SJ/788391). CBA Group 8 West Midlands Archaeology News Sheet, 18, 40-1.