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HER: City of Bristol 1748M (None)
NMR: ST 57 NE (None)
SM: None
NGR: ST54967787
X: 354960 Y: 177870 (OSGB36)
Univallate, possible partial contour hillfort located on Kings Weston Hill, in Blaise Castle Estate, above Hazel Brook to SE, which converges with River Trym to SE and thence to River Avon. To SW, along ridge, of Kings Weston Down Camp (Atlas No 4044). Area not defined. N bank extends along edge of steep scarp, 12m N of hedge line of Evergreen Wood. In the wood, ditch present inside the bank. N bank is 201m long, best preserved at E end, near small tumulus, ditch apparently avoids this mound by crossing crown of hill obliquely. Traces of retaining wall in outer face of bank, 3m wide and 1.5m high above ditch 2m wide, in wood at W end. Possible traces of outer rampart along N and S sides have also been observed. No entrance visible. In 1966 cut by gas main trench and ditch was found to be deep and wide, loose rubble infilling suggesting later date than Kings Weston Down Camp to E (Godman 1972). Pasture and woodland. In Blaise Castle Estate. Undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -295024 Y: 6709846 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -2.650249121673369 Latitude: 51.49791611914376 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: City of Bristol
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: None
In Blaise Castle Estate. Condition not determined.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Pasture and woodland.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Possible partial contour, univallate hillfort located on Kings Weston Hill, in Blaise Castle Estate, above Hazel Brook to SE, which converges with River Trym to SE and thence to River Avon.
| 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: Ridge
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✓ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 91.0m
N/A
Loose rubble infilling of ditch suggests a late date in comparison to Kings Weston Down Camp to E.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | Small tumulus. |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
Southwestern Gas Board pipe trench 1966 (no report).
| Excavation (1966): | Southwestern Gas Board pipe trench. |
None.
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 | ✗ |
No entrance visible.
| 0: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
N bank extends along edge of steep scarp, 12m N of hedge line of Evergreen Wood. In the wood, ditch present inside the bank. Traces of retaining wall in outer face of bank, 3m wide and 1.5m high above ditch 2m wide. in wood at W end. Possible traces of outer defence along N and S sides have also been observed.
| Area 1: | Noneha. |
| Total: | Noneha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | Area not defined. |
| ✓ | Quadrants estimated. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| 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 | ✗ |
No detail.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Ditch inside bank. Surprisingly deep and wide with loose rubble infilling. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Godman, C. 1972. King's Weston Hill, Bristol. Its prehistoric camps and inhumation cemetery, Proc Univ Bristol Speleol Soc, 13(1), 41-48.
Tratman, E.K. 1923. First Report on Kings Weston Hill, Bristol, Proc Univ Bristol Speleol Soc, 2(1), 76-82.
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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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