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Dyrham Camp
South Gloucestershire, England ยท Atlas EN3958
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3958 (3958)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Historic county
- Gloucestershire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Dyfham and Hinton
- National Grid reference
- ST74157672
- Latitude
- 51.48878
- Longitude
- -2.37372
- Altitude
- 190.5 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial 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
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 4.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1786); Other (1841); Excavation (1969); Earthwork Survey (2006); Geophysical Survey (2006); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Other (1881-1887)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1002484
- HER
- South Gloucestershire 1960
- National record
- record ST 77 NW 5; monument 204859
- Wikidata
- Q31061514
Sources
References
- Abbot, P. Earthwork and Geophysical Survey of Hinton Hillfort, Hinton, Dyrham and Hinton Parish, South Gloucestershire, no details.
- Witts, G.B. 1883. Archaeological handbook of the County of Gloucester, Cheltenham: G. Norman, 19-20.
- RCHME 1976. Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, London: HMSO, 51.