Home / England / West Midlands / Wednesbury
Wednesbury
West Midlands, England ยท Atlas EN3543
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3543 (3543)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Midlands
- Historic county
- Staffordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Tipton
- National Grid reference
- SO 98800 95300
- Latitude
- 52.55551
- Longitude
- -2.01914
- Altitude
- 163 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1801); Other (1902); Other (1958); Excavation (1990)
Identifiers
- HER
- Sandwell 2614 - MBL2636
- National record
- record SO 99 NE 15; monument 118791
- Wikidata
- Q31119922
Sources
References
- Buteux, S. 1990. Church Hill, Wednesbury. An Archaeological Evaluation. Birmingham University Field Archaeology Division. Unpublished
- Shaw, S. 1801. History and Antiquities of Staffordshire
- Hackwood F. W. 1902. Wednesbury Ancient & Modern. Reprinted by the Warwick Printing Company