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Merdon Castle
Hampshire, England ยท Atlas EN3838
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3838 (3838)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Hampshire
- Historic county
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Parish, community, or townland
- Hursley
- National Grid reference
- SU42082646
- Latitude
- 51.03591
- Longitude
- -1.40125
- Altitude
- 111 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
- Enclosed area
- 3.7 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Out-turned (West); Over-lapping (West); Hornwork (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1867); Earthwork Survey (1993); Geophysical Survey (1994); Other (1961-1968)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1019123
- HER
- Hampshire 25400
- National record
- record SU 42 NW 4; monument 231087
- Wikidata
- Q31117291
Sources
References
- Cole, M.1994. Merdon Castle, Hursley, Hampshire: report on geophysical survey, AML Rep. no. 26/94, AML.
- Donachie, J.D.1994. RCHME Field Survey Report: Merdon Castle, Hursley, RCHME.
- Roberts, E. 1988. The Bishop of Winchester's deer parks in Hampshire, 1200-1400, Proc Hampshire Fld Club Archaeol Soc , 44, 76.
- Williams-Freeman, J.P. 1915. An introduction to field archaeology as illustrated by Hampshire, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd.