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Philpots Camp
West Sussex, England ยท Atlas EN3742
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3742 (3742)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Sussex
- Historic county
- Sussex
- Parish, community, or townland
- West Hoathly
- National Grid reference
- TQ 3495 3224
- Latitude
- 51.07337
- Longitude
- -0.07471
- Altitude
- 137 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 6.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank, other burning, and palisade
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory and spur
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- lithics and environmental material
- Investigations
- Excavation (1931); Other (2007)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1014955
- HER
- West Sussex MWS5086
- National record
- record TQ 33 SE 7; monument 403485
- Wikidata
- Q31117670
Sources
References
- Allen, M.J. 2007. Philpots Camp Geoarchaeological Report. Augering and Palaeoenvironmental Assessment, No details.
- Hannah, I.C. 1932. Philpots Camp, West Hoathly, Sussex Archaeol Collect. 73, 157-67.