Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland

EN4369 Sloden, Hampshire and Isle of Wight (Sloden Green Enclosure)

LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade

LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade

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HER:  Hampshire 19822 (None)

NMR:  SU 2 1 SW 4 (222807)

SM:  None

NGR:  SU 2157 1285

X:  421410  Y:  112807  (OSGB36)

Summary

A possible hillfort situated on a slight ridge with level ground to E and W and slopes to N and S. Much complicated by banks and ditches of later e(i)nclosures. Oval in shape enclosing 1.3ha, a single bank and ditch,the bank on the NW side measures approximately 4m in height from bottom of ditch, the E and NE sides are badly denuded. Two gaps at NE shown on RCHME plan (1995)and Lidar (2011), one a possible entrance. Small scale excavation in 1993 (Pasmore) shows it to be Iron Age. Roman grey ware found associated with two Roman kilns within the enclosure, excavated by Sumner (1927)..

Status

Citizen Science:  ✓

Reliability of Data:  Confirmed

Reliability of Interpretation:  Unconfirmed

Location

X:  -188891  Y:  6606143  (EPSG: 3857)

Longitude:  -1.6968366002570028  Latitude:  50.9142717828168  (EPSG:4326)

Country:  England

Current County or Unitary Authority:  Hampshire

Historic County:  Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland:  Hyde

Monument Condition

None

Condition:
Extant   ✓
Cropmark   ✗
Likely Destroyed   ✗

Land Use

None

Current Use:
Woodland   ✓
Commercial Forestry Plantation   ✗
Parkland   ✗
Pasture (Grazing)   ✓
Arable   ✗
Scrub/Bracken   ✓
Bare Outcrop   ✗
Heather/Moorland   ✗
Heath   ✗
Built-up   ✗
Coastal Grassland   ✗
Other   ✗

Landscape

Hillfort Type

partial contour fort on a slight ridge

Type:
Contour Fort   ✗
Partial Contour Fort   ✓
Promontory Fort   ✗
Hillslope Fort   ✗
Level Terrain Fort   ✗
Marsh Fort   ✗
Multiple Enclosure Fort   ✗

Topographic Position

Position:
Hilltop   ✗
Coastal Promontory   ✗
Inland Promontory   ✗
Valley Bottom   ✗
Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop   ✗
Ridge   ✓
Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp   ✗
Hillslope   ✗
Lowland   ✗
Spur   ✗

Dominant Topographic Feature:  Ridge

Aspect:
North   ✗
Northeast   ✗
East   ✗
Southeast   ✗
South   ✗
Southwest   ✗
West   ✗
Northwest   ✗
Level   ✓

Altitude:  105.0m

Boundary

N/A


Dating Evidence

Undated.

Reliability:  D - None

Principal Activity:
Pre 1200BC   ✗
1200BC - 800BC   ✗
800BC - 400BC   ✗
400BC - AD50   ✗
AD50 - AD400   ✗
AD400 - AD 800   ✗
Post AD800   ✗
Unknown   ✓

Other Activity:
Pre Hillfort:   None
Post Hillfort:   Roman kilns and 18th century enclosure.

Evidence:No related records

Investigation History

Excavation by H. Sumner 1927, Pasmore 1993, surveyed by RCHME 1995. New Forest National Park Authority lidar image 2011-12

Investigations:
Excavation (1927):   None
Excavation (1993):   None
Earthwork Survey (1995):   None
LiDAR Survey (2011):   None

Interior Features

Later banks within, Roman pottery.

Water Source

None

Source:
None   ✓
Spring   ✗
Stream   ✗
Pool   ✗
Flush   ✗
Well   ✗
Other   ✗

Surface

None

Interior Features (Surface):
No Known Features   ✓
Round Stone Structures   ✗
Rectangular Stone Structures   ✗
Curvilinear Platforms   ✗
Other Roundhouse Evidence   ✗
Pits   ✗
Quarry Hollows   ✗
Other   ✓

Excavation

None

Interior Features (Excavation):
No Known Excavation   ✓
Pits   ✗
Postholes   ✗
Roundhouses   ✗
Rectangular Structures   ✗
Roads/Tracks   ✗
Quarry Hollows   ✗
Other   ✗
Nothing Found   ✗

Geophysics

None

Interior Features (Geophysics):
No Known Geophysics   ✓
Pits   ✗
Roundhouses   ✗
Rectangular Structures   ✗
Roads/Tracks   ✗
Quarry Hollows   ✗
Other   ✗
Nothing Found   ✗

Finds

None

Interior (Finds):
No Known Finds   ✓
Pottery   ✓
Metal   ✗
Metalworking   ✗
Human Bones   ✗
Animal Bones   ✗
Lithics   ✗
Environmental   ✗
Other   ✗

Aerial

NO APPARENT FEATURES

Interior Features (Aerial):
APs Not Checked   ✓
None   ✗
Roundhouses   ✗
Rectangular Structures   ✗
Pits   ✗
Postholes   ✗
Roads/Tracks   ✗
Other   ✗

Entrances

Two gaps at NE shown on survey and Lidar, one a possible entrance.

Total Number of Breaks Through Ramparts:  
2:   None

Number of Possible Original Entrances:  
2:   None

Guard Chambers:  ✗

Chevaux de Frise:  ✗

Entrances:
1. Simple Gap (North east):   None

Enclosing Works

Single bank and ditch all around circuit.

Enclosed Area:
Area 1:   1.3ha.
Total:   1.3ha.

Total Footprint Area:  Noneha.

Ramparts

None

Multi-period Enclosure System:
✗   None

Ramparts Form a Continuous Circuit:
✓   None

Number of Ramparts:  
NE Quadrant:   1
SE Quadrant:   1
SW Quadrant:   1
NW Quadrant:   1
Total:   1

Morphology

Current Morphology:
Partial Univallate   ✗
Univallate   ✓
Partial Bivallate   ✗
Bivallate   ✗
Partial Multivallate   ✗
Multivallate   ✗
Unknown   ✗

Detailed Morphology:
Partial Univallate   ✗
Univallate   ✗
Partial Bivallate   ✗
Bivallate   ✗
Partial Multivallate   ✗
Multivallate   ✗

Surface Evidence

None

Enclosing Works (Surface):
None   ✗
Earthen Bank   ✓
Stone Wall   ✗
Rubble   ✗
Wall-walk   ✗
Evidence of Timber   ✗
Vitrification   ✗
Other Burning   ✗
Palisade   ✗
Counter Scarp Bank   ✗
Berm   ✗
Unfinished   ✗
Other   ✗

Excavated Evidence

None

Enclosing Works (Excavation):
None   ✗
Earthen Bank   ✗
Stone Wall   ✗
Murus Duplex   ✗
Timber-framed   ✗
Timber-laced   ✗
Vitrification   ✗
Other Burning   ✗
Palisade   ✗
Counter Scarp Bank   ✗
Berm   ✗
Unfinished   ✗
No Known Excavation   ✓
Other   ✗

Other

Gang Working:
✗   None

Ditches:
✓   None

Number of Ditches:  1

Annex:
✗   None

References

Donachie, J.D. 1995. New Forest Project, Sloden Inclosure. RCHME Report /03-MAR-1995/.

Pasmore, A. 1967. New Forest Pottery Kilns and Earthworks.

Pasmore, A. 1994. New dating evidence for three Forest earthworks. Hampshire Fld Club Archaeol Soc New Forest Sec Rep, 32, 15.

Smith, N. 1999. The earthwork remains of enclosure in the New Forest. Hampshire Stud [Proc Hampshire Fld Club Archaeol Soc], 54, 12.

Sumner, H. 1921. Account of Roman Pottery sites at Sloden, 44.

Sumner, H. 1927. Excavations in New Forest Roman pottery sites, 53.



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