LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: North Somerset MNS339 (None)
NMR: ST 46 NE 1 (194816)
SM: None
NGR: ST46266570
X: 346260 Y: 165700 (OSGB36)
Univallate partial contour fort located S slope of W-facing limestone spur below Cleeve Toot hill, which dominates the site on the SE, and using the very steep natural slope of Cleeve Combe to N. Slope of Cleeve Combe very steep to c. 61m contour, then levels off with a gradual rise to 91m, thus giving fairly level site for hillfort. Semi-oval in plan, internally 130m E-W by 90m with area c. 1.2ha. Thorburn et al (1926) found single rampart with no ditch, the very steep natural scarp of Cleeve Combe forming sole delineation on N. Field investigator 1976 found stony bank c. 0.8m high internally and 0.4m externally, with broad outer silted ditch 0.3m deep. Bank and ditch damaged by afforestation and state of site unclear at present. Also unclear whether any of three breaks in the rampart to NE, SE and W original entrance. In central S half of site three circular depressions, 0.6m deep, in the limestone possible hut-circles or road-stone diggings. Formerly dense and inaccessible woodland, now cleared rough grass interior within dense woodland surrounds. Field system also present. On OS 1:25,000 map (1959). Undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -308769 Y: 6690168 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -2.773717555656092 Latitude: 51.38773496803963 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: North Somerset
Historic County: Somerset
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Cleeve
Damaged by afforestation and unclear state of site at present. Probably mutilated. On Cleeve Toot estate.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Formerly dense and inaccessible woodland, now cleared rough grass interior within dense woodland surrounds.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Univallate partial contour fort located S slope of W-facing limestone spur below Cleeve Toot hill, which dominates the site on the SE, and using the very steep natural slope of Cleeve Combe to N. Slope of Cleeve Combe very steep to c. 61m contour, then levels off with a gradual rise to 91m, thus giving fairly level site for hillfort
| 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: 76.0m
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 |
On OS 1:25,000 map (1959). Field investigation 1976 - no details.
| None (1959): | None |
| Other (1976): | Field investigation - no details. |
In central S half of site three circular depressions, 0.6m deep, in the limestone possible hut-circles or road-stone diggings.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
In central S half of site three circular depressions, 0.6m deep, in the limestone possible hut-circles or road-stone diggings.
| 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 | ✗ |
Unclear whether any of three breaks in the rampart to NE, SE and W original entrance. Thus details not determined.
| 3: | Details not determined. |
| 2: | Not determined. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
Thorburn et al (1926) found single semi-circular rampart with no ditch, the very steep natural scarp of Cleeve Combe forming sole defence on N. Field investigator 1976 found stony bank c. 0.8m high internally and 0.4m externally, with broad outer silted ditch 0.3m deep.
| Area 1: | 1.2ha. |
| Total: | 1.2ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | Quadrants estimated. |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 0 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Stony bank.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Silted ditch. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Burrow, I. 1981. Hillfort and hill-top settlement in Somerset in the first to eighth centuries AD, British Archaeological Report (BAR) British Series 1, 241.
Thorburn, M., Tratman, E.K. and Willmore, K.M. 1926. Field work (Somerset and Gloiucestershire, 1925), Proc Univ Bristol Spelaeol Soc, 2(3), 274-97.
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