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Holbury

Hampshire, England ยท Atlas EN3816

Location

Atlas number
EN3816 (3816)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Hampshire
Historic county
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Parish, community, or townland
East Tytherley
National Grid reference
SU28532741
Latitude
51.04519
Longitude
-1.59484
Altitude
61 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
3.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1871); 1st Identified Written Reference (1915); LiDAR Survey (2014); Other (1965-1968)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1001948
HER
Hampshire 22151
National record
record SU 22 NE 22; monument 223028
Wikidata
Q31117144

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. 1979. British Hill-forts: an index. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, British Series 62, 209.
  2. Williams-Freeman, J. 1915. An introduction to field archaeology as illustrated by Hampshire. London: Macmillan, 161, 378 plan.