LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Suffolk CLA010 (None)
NMR: TL 7 4 NE 10 (379249)
SM: 1006046
NGR: TL 7685 4585
X: 576860 Y: 245840 (OSGB36)
Situated on the N outskirts of Clare, on a hillslope overlooking the River Stour Valley at its confluence with a small stream. A D-shaped enclosure measuring internally c 190.0m E-W by c 150.0m N-S, straight side to the S, enclosing c. 3.9ha. Much damaged to W by old quarries and to E and SE by houses and gardens. The N and SW are best preserved where an inner bank c.2m high, an outer ditch and counterscarp bank c. 1.5m high survive. The interior displays a series of minor earthwork features which analytical earthwork survey by RCHME in 1993 showed to be a medieval manorial complex. It also showed that the outer bank may be a medieval re-fortification associated with the manor. The survey also showed two probable original entrances: on the E, where the terminals of the bank are off-set, and on the S at the slight angle change midway along the straight side of the 'D'. This conclusion was subsequently re-inforced by geophysical prospection carried out by the Ancient Monuments Laboratory in 1994, which revealed possible in-turned ditches at the E entrance and a causeway at the S one. On 1st Ed. OS map (1885-1900). No excavation or finds, undated.
Citizen Science: ✓
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: 64538 Y: 6815077 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: 0.57975275075458 Latitude: 52.082615925058064 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Suffolk
Historic County: Essex
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Clare
None
| 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 | ✗ |
Hillslope fort overlooking the Stour Valley to S and SE.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✓ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✓ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Overlooking valley
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✓ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 57.9m
N/A
Not dated. Medieval manorial complex within.
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 |
Earliest reference 1850. On 1st Ed. OS map (1885-1900). RCHME survey 1993, Ancient Monuments Lab. geophysics 1994.
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1850): | None |
| Earthwork Survey (1993): | None |
| Geophysical Survey (1994): | None |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | None |
No internal features.
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 | ✗ |
NO APPARENT FEATURES
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
In-turned entrance to E, simple gap with causeway to S, confirmed by geophysics.
| None: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. In-turned (East): | None |
| 2. Simple Gap (South): | None |
Much damaged but the N and SW are best preserved where an inner bank c.2m high, an outer ditch and counterscarp bank c. 1.5m high survive.
| Area 1: | 3.9ha. |
| Total: | 3.9ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SE Quadrant: | None |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | None |
| 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 | ✗ |
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 |
| ✓ | None |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Hogg, A.H.A, 1984. A Guide to the Hill-forts of Britain. London. 178.
Page, W. (ed). 1911. The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk, Volume 1, 588-90.
Payne A. 1994. Geophysical Survey at Clare Camp. Ancient Monuments Laboratory, unpublished report.
RCHME, 1993. Clare Camp, Clare, Suffolk; an archaeological survey. Unpublished report.
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