Monument record 0003000000 - NORBURY CAMP, LT HORWOOD
Summary
Possible Iron Age or Roman camp or fort recorded in field survey and excavation.
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Site of Iron Age settlement (DBC9939)
- SHINE: Norbury Camp. Rampart and ditch earthwork enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date. (DBC10026)
Map
Type and Period (3)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)
- DEFENDED ENCLOSURE? (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)
- SUBRECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 700 BC? to 409 AD?)
Description
Dimensions - Width 0130 Length 0122 m
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
ALMOST RECTANGULAR WORK CONSISTING OF SINGLE RAMPART & DITCH, ENCLOSING C3 ACRES. ORIG ENTRANCE ON SW RAMPART & DITCH, TURNING OUTWARDS FOR C45YDS. 2ND ENTRANCE ON NE (B4).
EARTHWORK, C8 ACRES; POSSIBLY ROMAN, BUT NOTHING ROMAN FOUND IN VICINITY (B2).
SURVEYED AND EXCAVATED 1910 (B3).
SURVEY 1:2500, CAS FILE (B5)
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC249 Bibliographic reference: AKERMAN JY 1850 IN NUMISMATICCHRONICLE"12PP3-4".
- <2>SBC302 Bibliographic reference: ALLCROFT AH 1908 EARTHWORKS OF ENGLAND P310.
- <3>SBC1709 Article in serial: James Berry & William Bradbrook. 1911. 'EXCAVATIONS AT NORBURY CAMP, WHADDON CHASE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 10 PP106-121,.
- <4>SBC12917 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 2 P178.
- <5>SBC10717 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 73 SE 1 (FILED).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 7992 3129 (point) (Centred on) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Excavation trial trenching and topographic earthwork survey (EBC14406)
- Event - Survey: Topographic earthwork survey (EBC1059)
Record last edited
Jun 12 2018 4:08PM
