Archaeology Notes
Event ID 732810
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NY28SW 6 2380 8372 and 2388 8368.
('A': NY 2380 8372; 'B' NY 2388 8368) Earthworks (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
'A': Rampart 5' high and trench 22' wide and up to 4' deep, of an oval fort 198' by 160' with entrances E and SW.
'B': Some 40' SE of 'A' is a second fort, oblong, 215' by 183', of massive rampart 5'-6' high with a suggestion of stone pitching and trench 25'-30' wide and 4' deep; the entrance, which opens on an excavated hollow, is in the SE.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912
Situated in a non-defensive position just below, and to the E of the summit of Newhall Hill are two settlements.
'A' is an oval, formed by a stony bank with outer ditch and slight indications of a counterscarp bank. It measures 62.0m E-W by 52.0m N-S and has entrances on the E and W.
'B', on the slope immediately SE of 'A', is formed by a massive earthen bank with outer ditch. It is rectangular and measures 67.0m NE-SW by 55.0m NW-SE with its only entrance in the middle of the lower SE side. No internal features were noted in either 'A' or 'B'.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 14 July 1970
Defended settlements. While 'A' occupies a situation providing better natural defence on top of a spur, 'B', if anything, has the more substantial ditch, commensurable with defence rather than drainage.
G Jobey 1971
No change to the previous information.
Visited by OS (MJF) 30 August 1979.
Settlements [NR]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1983.