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Oid Pound Camp

Hampshire, England ยท Atlas EN3826

Location

Atlas number
EN3826 (3826)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Hampshire
Historic county
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Parish, community, or townland
Longparish
National Grid reference
SU39634465
Latitude
51.19964
Longitude
-1.43419
Altitude
96 m

Form and condition

Type
partial 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
1
Enclosed area
0.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
southwest
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1872-1873); Other (1966-1982)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1001917
HER
Hampshire 19050
National record
record SU 34 SE 8; monument 228187
Wikidata
Q31117196

Sources

References

  1. Forde-Johnston, J. 1976. Hillforts of the Iron Age in England and Wales, Liverpool: LIverpool University Press, 135.
  2. Williams-Freeman, J.P. 1915. An introduction to field archaeology as illustrated by Hampshire, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd.