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Forest Bank
Staffordshire, England ยท Atlas EN3290
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3290 (3290)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Staffordshire
- Historic county
- Staffordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Marchington
- National Grid reference
- SK 12960 28940
- Latitude
- 52.85778
- Longitude
- -1.80897
- Altitude
- 157 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.56 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1975); 1st Identified Written Reference (1984); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1974-1975)
Identifiers
- HER
- Staffordshire 00727-MST727
- National record
- record SK 12 NW 16; monument 921859
- Wikidata
- Q31113504
Sources
References
- Greenslade, M.W and Stuart, D.G.1984. A History of Staffordshire. Chichester: Phillimore. 2nd ed.