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St Catherine's Hill, Winchester

Hampshire, England · Atlas EN3843

St Catherine's Hill, Winchester is a contour fort in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 9.2 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 100 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1016489).

Location

Atlas number
EN3843 (3843)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Hampshire
Historic county
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Parish, community, or townland
Winchester
National Grid reference
SU48402762
Latitude
51.04584
Longitude
-1.31096
Altitude
100 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
7
Enclosed area
9.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
guard chambers, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North east); Recesses/Guard Chambers (North east); Passage-way/Corridor (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits
Finds
pottery and metal
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1873); Other (1971); Other (1987); Geophysical Survey (1997); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Excavation (1925-1928)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1016489
HER
Hampshire 26913
National record
record SU 42 NE 15; monument 230614
Wikidata
Q31117318

Sources

References

  1. Hawkes, C. F. C, Myers, J.N.L. and Stevens, C. G., 1930. Saint Catharine's Hill Winchester, Proc Hampshire Fld Club Archaeol Soc, 11, 191-258.
  2. Hawkes, 1976. St. Catharine's Hill, Winchester: the report of 1930 re-assessed, in Harding, D.W. (ed) Hillforts - Later Prehistoric earthworks in Britain and Ireland. London: Academic Press, 59-74.
  3. Payne, A, Corney, M. and Cunliffe, B. 2006. The Wessex hillforts project, Extensive survey of hillfort interiors in central southern England. London: English Heritage, 71-76.
  4. Soffe, G. 1987. RCHME: St Catharine's Hill and Twyford Down Project, RCHME.
  5. Williams-Freeman, J.P. 1915. An introduction to field archaeology as illustrated by Hampshire, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 250-4, 403.