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Bullsdown Camp

Hampshire, England ยท Atlas EN3790

Location

Atlas number
EN3790 (3790)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Hampshire
Historic county
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Parish, community, or townland
Bramley
National Grid reference
SU67085838
Latitude
51.32052
Longitude
-1.03879
Altitude
67 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort and marsh fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
4 ha
Footprint
8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and berm
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1873); Other (1956-1982)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1001944
HER
Hampshire 20768
National record
record SU 65 NE 2; monument 240247
Wikidata
Q31117024

Sources

References

  1. Williams-Freeman, J.P. 1915. An introduction to field archaeology as illustrated by Hampshire, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd.