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Dixton Hill Camp

Gloucestershire, England ยท Atlas EN4158

Location

Atlas number
EN4158 (4158)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Gloucestershire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Oxenton
National Grid reference
SO98583065
Latitude
51.97428
Longitude
-2.02210
Altitude
164 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Complete rampart circuit
No
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1884); Other (1971); Other (1992-1996); Other (2002-2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1004874
HER
Gloucestershire 427
National record
record SO 93 SE 7; monument 117928
Wikidata
Q31116363

Sources

References

  1. Burrow, E.J. 1919. The ancient entrenchments and camps of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham: Ed. J. Burrow.
  2. Elrington, C.R. 1965 A history of the county of Gloucester, 6, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, 189.