LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Sandwell 2614 - MBL2636 (None)
NMR: SO 99 NE 15 (118791)
SM: None
NGR: SO 98800 95300
X: 398800 Y: 295300 (OSGB36)
The conjectured site of a possible hillfort lying on Church Hill in Tipton, Wednesbury, now destroyed. The location is based on antiquarian reports (Shaw 1801) and suggested by the 'bury' element in Wednesbury often associated with hillfort sites or as burh meaning fortified place. Its location on a flat-topped hill rising to 163m OD above the surrounding floodplain adds further support. A small excavation across what was thought to be surviving ramparts showed them to be the result of post-medieval or modern landscaping and it is suspected that any Iron Age features have been destroyed beneath the modern housing development (Buteux 1990). The western end of the hill is occupied by St Bartholomew's Church and immediately to the W and N, Ethelfleda Memorial Gardens and St Mary's Church have been terraced into the slope. A stretch of churchyard appears to have preserved the former profile of the hill although any evidence for a ditch is lacking. A mound, although not described as an earthwork or 'camp' is recorded on 1888-1913 OS mapping. Undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Irreconciled issues
Reliability of Interpretation: Irreconciled issues
X: -224770 Y: 6901199 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -2.0191422085949924 Latitude: 52.55551106173746 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: West Midlands
Historic County: Staffordshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Tipton
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 | ✗ |
A possible former contour fort lying on the summit of a flat-topped hill at 163m OD
| 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: Flat-topped hill
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 163.0m
N/A
The site is undated
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | St Bartholomew's Church |
Reference in Shaw (1801). Field investigation in 1958, nothing seen. Small excavation (Buteux 1990). Plan in Hackwood (1902) showing 'lines of ramparts'.
| 1st Identified Written Reference (1801): | None |
| Other (1902): | Plan |
| Other (1958): | Field investigation |
| Excavation (1990): | None |
The site is now under a modern housing development
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 | ✗ |
The location of any entrances is unknown
| 0: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
Destroyed
| Area 1: | Noneha. |
| Total: | Noneha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | None |
| SE Quadrant: | None |
| SW Quadrant: | None |
| NW Quadrant: | None |
| Total: | None |
| 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: 0
| ✗ | None |
Buteux, S. 1990. Church Hill, Wednesbury. An Archaeological Evaluation. Birmingham University Field Archaeology Division. Unpublished
Shaw, S. 1801. History and Antiquities of Staffordshire
Hackwood F. W. 1902. Wednesbury Ancient & Modern. Reprinted by the Warwick Printing Company
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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