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South Stoke
Bath and NE Somerset, England ยท Atlas EN3969
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3969 (3969)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Bath and NE Somerset
- Historic county
- Somerset
- Parish, community, or townland
- South Stoke
- National Grid reference
- ST75506130
- Latitude
- 51.35019
- Longitude
- -2.35321
- Altitude
- 126 m
Form and condition
- Type
- 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
- 5
- Footprint
- 7.9 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- annex and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Other Forms (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
- Water source
- spring and stream
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- quarry hollows
- Finds
- pottery
- Investigations
- Earthwork Survey (2002); Geophysical Survey (2002); Other (2014); LiDAR Survey (2014); 1st Identified Written Reference (1828-1829)
Identifiers
- HER
- Bath and NE Somerset MBN11846
- Wikidata
- Q31119008
Sources
References
- Lambdin, C. 2002. A Survey of the Roman Remains in the Parish of South Stoke. Unpublished, University of Bristol.
- Skinner, Rev J. 1828-9. Possible published source referring to the site as an encampment or gear (gaer, caer) by Rev. John Skinner Diary 1828/9, The British Library.