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Berry Ring
Staffordshire, England ยท Atlas EN3256
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3256 (3256)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Staffordshire
- Historic county
- Staffordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Bradley
- National Grid reference
- SJ 88742 21175
- Latitude
- 52.78801
- Longitude
- -2.16839
- Altitude
- 140 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 3.2 ha
- Footprint
- 4.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
- Water source
- spring and pool
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery, metal, and lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1686); Other (1926); Other (1974); Earthwork Survey (1989); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1881-1884)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1013163
- HER
- Staffordshire 00024-MST24
- National record
- record SJ 82 SE 1; monument 75541
- Wikidata
- Q31113545
Sources
References
- Cocroft, W., Morse, R and Wilson North, R. 1989 RCHME: Staffordshire Hillforts Project 12-JUL-1989. Unpublished
- Plot, R. 1686. Natural History of Staffordshire.