Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill (Horsley)
NZ 09266624 Remains of a nearly circular earthwork under pasture upon the highest part of a prominent hill called Horsley Hill, at approx 490ft above OD. The slopes are gentle except on the north east side, where they are locally steep. Nearest present water supply is a small stream to the north east. The remains are very slight and only one rampart is extant. The ground south and west of the site is broken up with old surface quarries, but there are traces of a possible ditch on the south west side. The original entrance was probably in the south east side, where there are what may be remains of a causeway. There are no traces of internal occupation. (1)
Condition unchanged and published survey (25 inch) correct. The earthwork appears to be of the type classified by Jobey as a pre-Roman/Iron Age homestead. (2)
NZ 093662 Nearly circular earthwork, broken up by surface quarries at Horsley Hill. Listed under Iron Age "Curvilinear Enclosures". (3)
Scheduled. (4)
The enclosure, which measures 37m in diameter, has a slight rampart and the remains of a possible ditch are traceable around the south west side, despite disturbance by quarrying. (5)
A curvilinear enclosure was seen as an earthwork on the summit of Horsley Hill and mapped from air photographs; the enclosure has a single rampart which measures 60 m in length and 47 m in width with an entrance on the east. No internal features could be recognised. (6)
Condition unchanged and published survey (25 inch) correct. The earthwork appears to be of the type classified by Jobey as a pre-Roman/Iron Age homestead. (2)
NZ 093662 Nearly circular earthwork, broken up by surface quarries at Horsley Hill. Listed under Iron Age "Curvilinear Enclosures". (3)
Scheduled. (4)
The enclosure, which measures 37m in diameter, has a slight rampart and the remains of a possible ditch are traceable around the south west side, despite disturbance by quarrying. (5)
A curvilinear enclosure was seen as an earthwork on the summit of Horsley Hill and mapped from air photographs; the enclosure has a single rampart which measures 60 m in length and 47 m in width with an entrance on the east. No internal features could be recognised. (6)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1956; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R Lewis
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R Lewis
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
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