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Berwick

Bath and NE Somerset, England ยท Atlas EN3962

Location

Atlas number
EN3962 (3962)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Bath and NE Somerset
Historic county
Somerset
Parish, community, or townland
Bath
National Grid reference
ST74106260
Latitude
51.36182
Longitude
-2.37341
Altitude
165 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Complete rampart circuit
No
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
level
Land use
built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1791); Other (1836); Other (1966); Other (1855-1876); Other (1801-1832); LiDAR Survey (None-None)

Identifiers

HER
Bath and NE Somerset MBN1797
National record
record ST 76 SW 23; monument 204546
Wikidata
Q31118962

Sources

References

  1. Burrow, I. 1981. Hillfort and hill-top settlement in Somerset in the first to eighth centuries AD, British Archaeological Report (BAR) British Series 1, 91, 264-5.
  2. Collinson, J. 1791. History and Antiquities of Somerset, 1, 171.
  3. Phelps, W. 1836. History and Antiquities of Somersetshire 1, London: J.B. Nichols and Son, 102-3.
  4. Scarth, Rev. H.M. 1855. On the traces of camps and ancient earthworks still existing around Bath and its neighbourhood, Somerset Arch Natur Hist, 6, 98-124.
  5. Scarth, Rev. H.M. 1876. Roman Somerset, with special relation to recent discoveries at Bath. Somerset Arch Natur Hist , 22, 18-30.
  6. Skinner, Rev J. early 19th century. Reference held in British Museum Add manuscripts 33669 f 11.