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Woolbury Ring

Hampshire, England · Atlas EN3817

Woolbury Ring is a contour fort in Little Somborne, Hampshire, England.

Other names on the record: Woolbury Ring Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 7 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a ridge and at 159 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400 (Artefactual and C14). Reliability is recorded as A - High.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1003531).

Location

Atlas number
EN3817 (3817)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Hampshire
Historic county
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Parish, community, or townland
Little Somborne
National Grid reference
SU381353
Latitude
51.11585
Longitude
-1.45679
Altitude
159 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
1
Enclosed area
7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west); Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual and C14
Dating reliability
A - High

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits
Finds
pottery
Investigations
Excavation (1989); Geophysical Survey (1989); Geophysical Survey (1990); Geophysical Survey (1997); Other (1665-1693); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1871-1877); Earthwork Survey (1970-1979); 1st Identified Written Reference (947)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1003531
HER
Hampshire 24910
National record
record SU 33 NE 19
Wikidata
Q31117169

Sources

References

  1. Anon 1990. Archaeology in Hampshire, annual report Hampshire County Council, 16-17.
  2. Cunliffe, B.W. and Poole, C. 2000. The Danebury Environs Programme - the prehistory of a Wessex landscape, Vol 2, Part 1 - Woolbury, Stockridge, Hants 1989. Oxford: English Heritage/ Oxford U Committee Archaeol Monograph 49 (Part 1).
  3. Haselgrove, C., Gosden, C., Hamilton, D., Brown, L. and Poole, C. Forthcoming. Iron Age settlement and society in central southern Britain: a new chronological perspective. Oxford: School of Archaeology Monograph.
  4. Payne, A, Corney, M. and Cunliffe, B. 2006. The Wessex hillforts project, Extensive survey of hillfort interiors in central southern England. London: English Heritage, 76-80.
  5. Williams-Freeman, J.P. 1915. An introduction to field archaeology as illustrated by Hampshire, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 234-5, 421.