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Cadbury Hill Camp, Congresbury

North Somerset, England · Atlas EN3940

Cadbury Hill Camp, Congresbury is a partial contour fort in Congresbury, North Somerset, England.

Other names on the record: Cadbury, Congresbury and Cadcong.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and stone wall, and an enclosed area of 3.5 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a ridge and at 76 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and AD 400–800 (Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1011258).

Location

Atlas number
EN3940 (3940)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
North Somerset
Historic county
Somerset
Parish, community, or townland
Congresbury
National Grid reference
ST44156493
Latitude
51.38061
Longitude
-2.80392
Altitude
76 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 1, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
3.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and stone wall
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, and timber-framed wall
Also recorded
guard chambers, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (East); Recesses/Guard Chambers (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and AD 400–800
Dating evidence
Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence and quarry hollows
Interior excavation
postholes, roundhouses, and rectangular structures
Finds
pottery, metal, metalworking, and lithics
Investigations
Excavation (1959); Other (1980); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1884-1885); Excavation (1968-1974); Other (2001-2017)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1011258
HER
North Somerset MNS386
National record
record ST 46 SW 1; monument 195114
Wikidata
Q31070628

Sources

References

  1. Alcock, L. 1971. Arthur`s Britain, 219, London: Allen Lane.
  2. Fowler, P. J., Gardner, K. S. and Rahtz, P. A. 1971. Excavations at Cadbury-Congresbury, Somerset, Somerset Arch Natur Hist , 115, 51-2.
  3. Lay, S. E. 1978. A Parish survey of Congresbury, 2.