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Toothill Camp

Hampshire, England ยท Atlas EN3829

Location

Atlas number
EN3829 (3829)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Hampshire
Historic county
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Parish, community, or townland
Nursling and Rownhams
National Grid reference
SU38151865
Latitude
50.96595
Longitude
-1.45811
Altitude
76 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
4
Enclosed area
1.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1867); Other (1999); Other (1959-1969)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1001947
HER
Hampshire 25293
National record
record SU 31 NE 25; monument 226719
Wikidata
Q31117231

Sources

References

  1. Anon 1999. An archaeological earthwork recording survey in Nightingale Wood, near North Baddesley, Hampshire, Report, Berkshire Archaeological Services.
  2. Williams-Freeman, J.P. 1915. An introduction to field archaeology as illustrated by Hampshire, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 413.