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Maes Knoll Camp

Bath and NE Somerset, England · Atlas EN3970

Maes Knoll Camp is a partial contour fort in Norton Malreward, Bath and NE Somerset, England.

Other names on the record: Maes Knoll Tump, Maesknoll Tump, and Maes Tump.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 10.5 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 197 m, and facing southeast.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1005424).

Location

Atlas number
EN3970 (3970)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Bath and NE Somerset
Historic county
Somerset
Parish, community, or townland
Norton Malreward
National Grid reference
ST60056605
Latitude
51.39202
Longitude
-2.57559
Altitude
197 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
2
Breaks through the ramparts
5
Enclosed area
10.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (South west); Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1885); Excavation (1958); Other (1962); Other (1980); Geophysical Survey (1995); LiDAR Survey (2014); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1005424
HER
Bath and NE Somerset MBN658
National record
record ST 66 NW 8; monument 201029
Wikidata
Q31119013

Sources

References

  1. Avon Archaeological Unit, 1995. The West Wansdyke, Avon. A Management Study (Interim Report), Avon Archaeological Unit.
  2. Burrow, E.J. 1924. The ancient earthworks and camps of Somerset, Cheltenham: E.J. Burrow, 62-3.
  3. 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, 206-7.
  4. Fox, A. and Fox, C. 1960. Wansdyke Reconsidered. Archaeol J, 115, 1-48.
  5. Hale, D. N. and Grove, R. 1995. Geophysical Surveys along the West Wansdyke in Avon, AML unpublished report.
  6. 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, 477-9.
  7. Rahtz, P. A. and Barton, K. J .1963. Maes knoll Camp, Dundry, Somerset. Trial Excavations 1958, Proc Univ Bristol Spelaeol Soc, 10(1), 9-11.
  8. Tratman, E. K. 1962-3. The Iron Age defences and Wansdyke . Proc Univ Bristol Spelaeol Soc, 10(1), 11-15.