LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Gloucestershire 2307 (None)
NMR: SP 03 SE 5 (328140)
SM: None
NGR: SP080334
X: 408050 Y: 233450 (OSGB36)
Bivallate hillslope hillfort located on NW-facing slope of prominent spur of Cotswold escarpment (Shenberrow Hill), above Vale of Evesham to W. Very steep to NW, steep to W and SW, moderate to hilltop on E. Inner circuit of rampart to 9m wide and 1.5m high and ditch nearly 8m wide and just over 1m deep, both extending to scarp edge at N and S. Enclosing 1ha. Bank 6m wide and c. 1m high parallel with scarp edge has no ditch and links rampart ends. Entrance through gap on S. Outer circuit has rampart to 7.6m wide and 0.6m high with ditch to nearly 8m wide and 1m deep where complete on N side, but elsewhere bank levelled and ditch buried feature, although at E corner shallow depression and hollow way with farm track, suggests its line on SE. Site overlooked to E. Farm buildings at S end. In interior, at N corner, indeterminate enclosure 18m by 15m defined by narrow bank. Excavations of bank and ditch in SW in 1935 found Iron Age and Romano-British pottery (Fell 1961). On 1st Ed. OS map (1884).
Citizen Science: ✓
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -209744 Y: 6800016 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -1.8841667052673357 Latitude: 51.99939605979972 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Gloucestershire
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Stanton
Much disturbed with farm buildings on S. Cotswold Way passes through site. Outer rampart levelled except on N.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
None
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✓ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Bivallate hillslope hillfort located on NW-facing slope of prominent spur of Cotswold escarpment (Shenberrow Hill), above Vale of Evesham to W.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✓ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
Located on a sloping spur of the Cotswold escarpment
| 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: 290.0m
N/A
Iron Age and Romano-Britsh pottery and rotary quern from 1935 excavation suggest occupation, but relationship between small area of deposits where found and defences not secure.
Reliability: B - Medium
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✓ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
| Artefactual: | None |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1884). Excavations of rampart and ditch J. M. de Navarro, 1935. Aerial Photograph interpretation, English Heritage: Gloucestershire NMP (N Cotswolds and Forest of Dean). 2002-2006. Desk assessment , University of Sheffield ARCUS, 2009. Watching Brief, Wessex Archaeology, 2009.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1884): | OS map. |
| Excavation (1935): | J. M. de Navarro |
| Other (2009): | University of Sheffield ARCUS. |
| Other (2009): | Watching Brief, Wessex Archaeology. |
| Other (None): | Aerial Photograph interpretation, English Heritage. |
Iron Age pottery from probable hut site in SW angle of ramparts, with iron fragments, bronze brooch and parts of rotary quern. Some Romano British sherds from top of deposits of SW rampart and fragment of beaker ware from beneath rampart.
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 | ✗ |
Probable hut site.
| 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 | ✗ |
Iron Age pottery from probable hut site in SW angle of ramparts, with iron fragments, bronze brooch and parts of rotary quern. Some Romano British sherds from top of deposits of SW rampart and fragment of beaker ware from beneath rampart.
| 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 | ✗ |
Five gaps with probable original entrance on S, simple gap.
| 5: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (South): | None |
Inner circuit of rampart to 9m wide and 1.5m high and ditch nearly 8m wide and just over 1m deep, both extending to scarp edge at N and S. Bank 6m wide and c. 1m high parallel with scarp edge has no ditch and links rampart ends. Outer circuit has rampart to 7.6m wide and 0.6m high with ditch to nearly 8m wide and 1m deep where complete on N side, but elsewhere bank levelled and ditch buried feature, although at E corner shallow depression and hollow way with farm track, suggests its line on SE.
| Area 1: | 1.0ha. |
| Total: | 1.0ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 2 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✓ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Inner rampart to S had dry-stone revetment on inner face and cutting across scarp-edge bank had core of loose stones.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Outer ditch mostly buried feature except on N. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None |
Fell, C.I. 1961. Shenberrow Hill Camp, Stanton, Gloucestershire, Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc, 80, 16-41.
Harrison, C. 2010. Shenberrow Farm, Stanton, Gloucestershire. Archaeological Watching Brief, Report, Wessex Archaeology.
RCHME 1976. Ancient and historical monuments in the County of Gloucestershire, Vol. I: Iron Age and Romano- British monuments in Gloucestershire Cotswolds, London: HMSO, 109-10.
Saville, A. ed 1984. Archaeology in Gloucestershire from earliest hunters to the industrial age: essays dedicated to Helen O'Neil and the late Elsie Clifford, 152.
Small, F. et al 200. The Forest of Dean Mapping Project, Gloucestershire: a report for the National Mapping Programme, Report No 28-2006, Centre for Archaeology.
Stoertz, C. 2012. The North Cotswolds: a highlight report for the National Mapping Programme, Report No 17-2012.Centre for Archaeology.
Stenton, M. 2009. Shenberrow, Gloucestershire: archaeological desk-based assessment, Sheffield: University of Sheffield ARCUS.
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