Location
- Atlas number
- EN3510 (3510)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Luton
- Historic county
- Bedfordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Luton
- National Grid reference
- TL 06153 24607
- Latitude
- 51.90985
- Longitude
- -0.45821
- Altitude
- 123 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 5.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- woodland and parkland
- Water source
- spring
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery and lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1855); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1880); Other (1924); Other (1961); Other (1975); Earthwork Survey (1994); Excavation (1953-1982); Geophysical Survey (1971-1985)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1015558
- HER
- Central Bedfordshire and Luton 820
- National record
- record TL 02 SE 2; monument 359652
- Wikidata
- Q31108967
Sources
References
- David, A.E.U. 1985. Waulud's Bank, Luton, Beds: Report on geophysical survey, 1985. Ancient Monuments Laboratory report No 4741.
- Davis, F. 1855. History of Luton, with its Hamlets etc. Luton, J. Wiseman
- Dyer, J. F. 1964. A Secondary Neolithic Camp at Waulud's Bank, Leagrave. Bedfordshire Archaeol J. 2, 1-15
- Dyer J. 1972. Waulud's Bank, Leagrave, Bedfordshire. CBA Grp 9 Newsl 2.