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Homestall Wood
Kent, England · Atlas EN3823
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3823 (3823)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Kent
- Historic county
- Kent
- Parish, community, or townland
- Harbledown and Rough Common
- National Grid reference
- TR 1176 5893
- Latitude
- 51.29005
- Longitude
- 1.03568
- Altitude
- 86 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
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 35 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and lowland
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- woodland
- Water source
- stream
Dating
- Dating
- 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- LiDAR Survey (2010)
Identifiers
- HER
- Kent TR 15 NW 1599
- Wikidata
- Q31117864
Sources
References
- Sparey-Green, C. 2010. Homestall Wood Earthworks, Harbledown. Kent Archaeol Soc Newsl No. 86, www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/newsletter/KAS-Newsletter-Winter-2010.pdf Accessed December 2015