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Damerham Knoll Camp

Hampshire, England ยท Atlas EN3803

Damerham Knoll Camp is a contour fort in Damerham, Hampshire, England.

Other names on the record: Damerham Camp, Knoll Camp, Rockbourne Camp, and Rockbourne Knoll Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 1.6 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a ridge and at 122 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes commercial forestry, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1010764).

Location

Atlas number
EN3803 (3803)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Hampshire
Historic county
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Parish, community, or townland
Damerham
National Grid reference
SU09911853
Latitude
50.96605
Longitude
-1.86027
Altitude
122 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
1.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (South east); Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
commercial forestry, pasture, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms and pits
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1961); LiDAR Survey (2015)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1010764
HER
Hampshire 16159
National record
record SU 01 NE 26; monument 213415
Wikidata
Q6422970

Sources

References

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