LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: South Gloucestershire 1092 (None)
NMR: ST 58 SE 1 (198659)
SM: None
NGR: ST59638335
X: 359630 Y: 183350 (OSGB36)
Destroyed by housing, univallate, probable contour hillfort formerly located on spur extending from long NE-SW aligned escarpment overlooking River Severn estuary to E. Steep surrounding slopes on N, S and W, moderate on neck of the spur on NE. Upper slopes artificially scarped, but now lost in gardens. At one time (no details) rampart survived with an internal height averaging 1m on SE side and at S end. Site formerly within grounds of Knole House, a 17th century mansion, now demolished, and landscaping of paths and terraces used rampart. Site on 1st Ed. OS map (1881). Minimal investigations, undated but some black pottery with Glasonbury type decoration from site visit in 1923.
Citizen Science: ✓
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -287606 Y: 6718725 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -2.583607189994261 Latitude: 51.5475412560686 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: South Gloucestershire
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Almondsbury
Destroyed by housing development.
| Extant | ✗ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Housing.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✓ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Destroyed by housing, univallate, probable contour hillfort formerly located on spur extending from long NE-SW aligned escarpment overlooking River Severn estuary to E. Steep surrounding slopes on N, S and W, moderate on neck of the spur on NE.
| 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: Spur
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 91.0m
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 |
Site on 1st Ed. OS map (1881). Aerial photograph interpretation Severn Vale National Mapping Project English Heritage 2013-16.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1881): | Os map. |
| Other (None): | Aerial photograph interpretation Severn Vale National Mapping Project English Heritage. |
Some black pottery with Glasonbury type decoration from site visit in 1923.
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 | ✗ |
Some black pottery with Glasonbury type decoration from site visit in 1923.
| 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 | ✗ |
Possible NE entrance, now gone.
| None: | Cannot be defined. |
| 2: | Possible NE entrance, now gone. No information on any others. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North east): | Type conjecture only. |
Ramparts probably completed circuit. Now destroyed.
| Area 1: | 3.0ha. |
| Total: | 3.0ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | Area not now defined; estimated from 1903 six inch and Google Earth. |
| ✗ | Ramparts probably completed circuit. Now destroyed. |
| 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 |
| ✗ | Not defined. |
Number of Ditches: None
| ✗ | None |
Baker,T. J. L. 1821. An Account of a chain of Ancient Fortresses Extending through the South Western Part of Gloucestershire, Archaeologia, 19,163.
Burrow, E. 1919. The ancient entrenchments and camps of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Ed. J. Burrow and Co, 98.
Tratman, E.K. 1972. Council for British Archaeology : Group 12 (Wessex) and Group 13 (South West) : Archaeological review, 7, 22.
Witts, G.B. 1883. Archaeological handbook of the County of Gloucester, Cheltenham: G. Norman, 30.
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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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