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Loughton Camp

Essex, England · Atlas EN3483

Loughton Camp is a partial contour fort in Loughton, Essex, England.

Other names on the record: Cowper's Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work, and an enclosed area of 2.6 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory, at 101 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes woodland.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1013518).

Location

Atlas number
EN3483 (3483)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Essex
Historic county
Essex
Parish, community, or townland
Loughton
National Grid reference
TQ 4186 9752
Latitude
51.65856
Longitude
0.04963
Altitude
101 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
7
Enclosed area
2.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Other Forms (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
woodland
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1872); Excavation (1882); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1920); Excavation (1926); Other (1963); Other (1969); Other (1975); Excavation (1954-1971)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1013518
HER
Essex 130
National record
record TQ 49 NW 4; monument 408256
Wikidata
Q31117528

Sources

References

  1. Cowper, B.H. 1876. Ancient Earthworks in Epping Forest. Arch J. Vol 33, 244-249
  2. Warren, S.H. 1928. Report on Excavations in Loughton Camp, in Epping Forest. Carried out by the Essex Field Club during 1926 and 1927. Essex Natur (1926-9), 22, 117-138. http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/portal/p/Archive/s/023/o/0117. Accessed Nov 2015
  3. Wymer, J.J. and Bonsall, C.J. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, with a gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic sites in England and Wales. CBA research reports Vol 1, 92