LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Hampshire 21841 (None)
NMR: SZ 39 NW 8 (459643)
SM: None
NGR: SZ320970
X: 432000 Y: 97000 (OSGB36)
Destroyed, multivallate, level terrain hillfort located on river terrace or shelf immediately to W of Lymington River. Stood only 3m above river mud flats. Formerly enclosed c. 2.4ha; now industrial estate. Buckland Rings hillfort (Atlas No 3809) a short distance to SW. Probably enclosed on S and W by earthworks and on N and E by the river. Excavations (Robertson-Mackay 1959) found defence works of double bank and ditch, both ditches being dug into a deep 'V' shape c. 17m from centre to centre. 30m of original scarp reported visible in early 1980's. Finds included Iron Age and medieval pottery and medieval glass. Well-preserved waterlogged deposits recorded in Watching Brief (Taylor 2001).
Citizen Science: ✓
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -172275 Y: 6580999 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -1.5475760450604876 Latitude: 50.771640870814736 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Hampshire
Historic County: Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Lymington and Pennington; Boldre
Destroyed by industrial development.
| Extant | ✗ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Destroyed. Now industrial estate.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✓ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Destroyed, multivallate, level terrain hillfort located on river terrace or shelf immediately to W of Lymington River. Stood only 3m above river mud flats, defended on S and W by earthworks and on N and E by the river.
| 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: River terrace or shelf.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 4.9m
Boundary Type: Parish/Townland
Iron Age pottery, but date unknown.
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: | Iron Age pottery - date unknown. |
Excavated R. Robertson-Mackay, Hampshire Field Club 1959. Field investigator comments 1961, 1969, 1982. Watching Brief Thames Valley Archaeological Services 2001.
| Excavation (1959): | R. Robertson-Mackay, Hampshire Field Club. |
| Other (2001): | Watching Brief Thames Valley Archaeological Services. |
| Other (None): | Field investigator comments - no details. |
Finds included Iron Age and early medieval pottery. Well-preserved waterlogged deposits recorded in Watching Brief 2001
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 | ✗ |
Finds included Iron Age and early medieval pottery. Medieval glass. Well-preserved waterlogged deposits recorded in Watching Brief 2001.
| 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 | ✗ |
None defined.
| 0: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
Excavations 1959 found defence works of double bank and ditch, both ditches being dug into a deep 'V' shape c. 17m from centre to centre.
| Area 1: | 2.4ha. |
| Total: | 2.4ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | Site destroyed. Possibly two ramparts originally. |
| 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 | ✗ |
Excavations 1959 found defence works of double bank and ditch, both ditches being dug into a deep 'V' shape c. 17m from centre to centre.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Excavations 1959 found defence works of double bank and ditch, both ditches being dug into a deep 'V' shape c. 17m from centre to centre. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None |
Read, C. 2016. New Forest hillforts and smaller Iron Age enclosures, New Forest History and Archaeology Group, Report No 8, 28-39.
Robertson-Mackay, R. 1959. Bournemouth Southern Echo , 17.9.
Taylor K. 2001. Ampress Park, Lymington, Hampshire: an archaeological investigation, Report no. 01/72, Thames Valley Archaeological Services.
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