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Leckhampton Hill

Gloucestershire, England · Atlas EN4168

Leckhampton Hill is a promontory fort in Shurdington, Gloucestershire, England.

Other names on the record: Leckhampton Camp and The Devil's Chimney.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 2.8 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and a ridge and at 285 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture and scrub or bracken.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1004862).

Location

Atlas number
EN4168 (4168)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Gloucestershire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Shurdington
National Grid reference
SO94781835
Latitude
51.86366
Longitude
-2.07723
Altitude
285 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
2.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, timber-laced wall, and other burning
Also recorded
guard chambers and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North east); Recesses/Guard Chambers (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken
Water source
well or cistern

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery and environmental material
Investigations
Excavation (1925); Other (1970); Other (2002); Other (2004); LiDAR Survey (2007); Geophysical Survey (2008); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1884-1887); Excavation (1969-1971); Other (2013-2016)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1004862
HER
Gloucestershire 171
National record
record SO 91 NW 5; monument 117424
Wikidata
Q31116368

Sources

References

  1. Burrow, E.J. and Knowles, K. 1925. Excavations on Leckhampton Hill, Cheltenham, Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc, 47, 81-112.
  2. Champion, S. 1971. Excavations at Leckhampton Hill, 1969-70 Interim Report, Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc, 112, 59-72.
  3. Champion, S. 1976. Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire 1925 and 1970, In ed D.W. Harding, Hillforts : later prehistoric earthworks in Britain and Ireland, 177-92.
  4. Darvill, T. 2011. Prehistoric Gloucestershire. Forests and vales and high blue hills, 2nd Edition, Stroud: Amberley Publishing.
  5. Kilminster, G. 1996. Gloucestershire unpublished excavations list, Glevensis, 29, 38.
  6. Mullin, D. 2004. Archaeological Recording at Leckhampton Camp, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, unpublished report Gloucestershire County Council Archaeology Service.