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Pitstone Hill
Buckinghamshire, England ยท Atlas EN3853
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3853 (3853)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Historic county
- Hertfordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Pitstone
- National Grid reference
- SP 9535 1485
- Latitude
- 51.82443
- Longitude
- -0.61780
- Altitude
- 198 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.9 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North); Over-lapping (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1962); Geophysical Survey (2002)
Identifiers
- HER
- National Trust 152757
- Wikidata
- Q31117390
Sources
References
- Dyer, J.F. and Hales A.J. 1962. Pitstone Hill - a study in field archaeology. Rec Buckinghamshire, 17, 49-54.
- Wainwright, A.P., Marshall, G. and Salkeld, G. 2010. Archaeological survey of the Ashridge Estate. Volume 1. Land use history. The National Trust, Thames and Solent Region.