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Worlebury Camp

North Somerset, England · Atlas EN3938

Worlebury Camp is a contour fort in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall and rubble, and an enclosed area of 14 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a ridge and at 91 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1011260).

Location

Atlas number
EN3938 (3938)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
North Somerset
Historic county
Somerset
Parish, community, or townland
Weston-super-Mare
National Grid reference
ST31406250
Latitude
51.35736
Longitude
-2.98663
Altitude
91 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
7
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 7, SE 7, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
7
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
14 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall and murus duplex
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east); In-turned (South east); Postern Gate (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms and pits
Interior excavation
pits
Finds
pottery, metal, human bones, animal bones, lithics, and environmental material
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1851); Other (1886); Other (1888); Other (1980); Other (1998); Excavation (1851-1852); Excavation (1880-1881); Excavation (1987-1988); Other (2006-2008)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1011260
HER
North Somerset MNS121
National record
record ST 36 SW 1; monument 192721
Wikidata
Q31070567

Sources

References

  1. Brown, I. 2009. Beacons in the landscape. The hillforts of England and Wales, Oxford: Windgather Press/Oxbow Books.
  2. Burrow, E.J. 1924. Ancient earthworks and camps of Somerset, Cheltenham: E.J. Burrow, 100-101.
  3. Dymond, C.W. and Tomkins, H. G. 1886. Worlebury. An ancient stronghold in the County of Somerset, Bristol: privately published.
  4. Evans, J.1980. Worlebury The Story of an Iron Age Hillfort at Weston-super-Mare, Weston-super-Mare: Woodspring Museum.
  5. Lawson, A.J, 1976. An Imported Bronze Collar From Somerset, Somerset Arch Natur Hist , 120, 109.
  6. La Trobe-Bateman E. 1999. Avon Extensive Urban Survey Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset, Archaeological assessment report Avon Extensive Urban Survey.
  7. Page, W. ed. 1911. Ancient earthworks, The Victoria History of Somerset, Volume Two, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, London: Constable and Co, 501-2.
  8. Warre, Rev. F. 1851-1853, Worle camp. Somerset Arch Natur. Hist, 2, 1851, 64-85, 125-127; 4, 1853, 124-127.