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Lydney Park Camp

Gloucestershire, England · Atlas EN4149

Lydney Park Camp is a partial contour fort in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England.

Other names on the record: Lydney Camp, Lydney Park Promontory Fort, and Camp Hill Promontory Fort.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and stone wall, and an enclosed area of 1.8 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and a spur, at 76 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes woodland and parkland.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1017373).

Location

Atlas number
EN4149 (4149)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Gloucestershire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Lydney
National Grid reference
SO61600270
Latitude
51.72165
Longitude
-2.55733
Altitude
76 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
1.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and stone wall
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
southwest
Land use
woodland and parkland

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and AD 400–800
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
pits
Interior excavation
postholes
Finds
pottery, metal, metalworking, and lithics
Investigations
Excavation (1805); Other (1963); Geophysical Survey (1998); Other (2003); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1880-1881); Excavation (1928-1929); Excavation (1958-1959); Excavation (1980-1981)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1017373
HER
Gloucestershire 25
National record
record SO 60 SW 1; monument 111668
Wikidata
Q31116346

Sources

References

  1. Brown, I. 2009. Beacons in the landscape. The hillforts of England and Wales, Oxford: Windgather Press/Oxbow Books.
  2. Casey, P.J. and Hoffmann, B.1999. Excavations at the Roman temple in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire 1980 and 1981, Antiq J, 79, 81-143.79, 81-143;
  3. Darvill, T. 2011. Prehistoric Gloucestershire. Forests and vales and high blue hills, 2nd Edition, Stroud: Amberley Publishing.
  4. Lewis, M.J.T. 1966 Temples in Roman Britain, Cambridge classical studies, 88-92.
  5. McWhirr, A, , 1981. Roman Gloucestershire, 106-7, 153-5.
  6. Scott-Garrett, C. 1959. Roman Iron Mine in Lydney Park, Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc, 78, 86-91.
  7. Wheeler, R.E.M. and Wheeler, T.V. 1932. Report on the excavation of the prehistoric, Roman and post-Roman site in Lydney Park, Gloucestershire. Oxford.