LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Gloucestershire 87 (None)
NMR: SP 10 NE 5 (329658)
SM: 1018171
NGR: SP165087
X: 416500 Y: 208700 (OSGB36)
Large univallate partial contour hillfort sited on spur of Great Oolite at confluence of River Leach and a tributary above a shallow valley in S Cotswolds. Surrounding slopes steep SW, W and NW, moderate to E. Site measures 266m E-W and 248m N-S, encloses 4.8ha. Now virtually gone and very slight, with, for example NW and SW banks ploughed-out and now a scarp. NE rampart to 8m wide and 1.3m high, with no visible ditch, possibly buried feature. To S gap c.140m could suggest that site unfinished here, but more likely as buried feature. Circuit complete on OS map of 1830, but already much reduced by cultivation by 1875 and under crop 2015. Possible entrance on NE.
Citizen Science: ✓
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -196174 Y: 6759847 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -1.7622600849325356 Latitude: 51.776684112104086 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Gloucestershire
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Coln St Andrews
Virtually ploughed-out
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Cultivated and under crop 2015.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✓ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Large univallate partial contour hillfort sited on spur of Great Oolite at confluence of River Leach and a tributary above shallow valley in S Cotswolds.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
Located on a slight spur at the confluence of the River Leach and a tributary
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✓ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Spur
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 120.0m
N/A
None
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
On OS map of 1830. Aerial photograph interpretation , Gloucestershire County Council: Cotswolds Hills (S. Cotswolds) NMP, 2007-2010.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1830): | On OS map. |
| Other (None): | Gloucestershire County Council: Cotswolds Hills (S. Cotswolds) NMP. |
None
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Gap on NE possibly original entrance defined by a 27m gap in the bank.
| 2: | Large gaps in circuit on NE and SE quadrants. |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North east): | None |
Now fairly slight, with NW and SW banks ploughed out. NE rampart to 8m wide and nearly 2m high, with no visible ditch, possibly buried feature. Circuit complete on OS 1" map of 1830, but much reduced by cultivation by 1875. To S gap c. 140m could suggest that site unfinished here, put probably buried feature.
| Area 1: | 4.8ha. |
| Total: | 4.8ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 5.28ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | Substantial gaps in circuit in NE and SE quadrants. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
To S gap c. 140m could suggest that site unfinished here, put probably buried feature.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Not visible, but probably buried feature. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
RCHME 1976. Ancient and historical monuments in the County of Gloucestershire, Vol. I: Iron Age and Romano- British monuments in Gloucestershire Cotswolds, London: HMSO, 36-7.
Verey, D. 1970. Gloucestershire I: the Cotswolds, The Buildings of England, London: Penguin Books.199.
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