Smallburn Iron Age camp (Longhorsley)
[Centred NZ 14359275] Camp. (1)
Smallburn. A roughly circular earthwork with single rampart enclosing approximately two acres. (2)
This earthwork is situated on a slight north-east slope a little below the 500 feet contour. It commands a good view in all directions except where it is overlooked by the higher ground to the west.
The pasture field in which the earthwork is situated is ridge and furrow ploughed, the ploughing continuing without interruption across the feature. The enclosure, sub-rectangular in shape with rounded corners, is bounded by a very slight ploughed down ditch. There is no trace of any inner rampart, or of any internal features. A gap in the ditch to the south-west is possibly the site of the original entrance.
The situation and slight nature of the earthworks suggests that it may have been a simple stock enclosure. No evidence for dating. The stream a little to the south forms a convenient water supply. (3)
Extensive ploughing has destroyed all remains of this enclosure, and no further typological comment can be made. (4)
NZ143927. Soil mark of double-ditched circular enclosure. Visible on infra-red line scan imagery. (5)(6)
Smallburn. A roughly circular earthwork with single rampart enclosing approximately two acres. (2)
This earthwork is situated on a slight north-east slope a little below the 500 feet contour. It commands a good view in all directions except where it is overlooked by the higher ground to the west.
The pasture field in which the earthwork is situated is ridge and furrow ploughed, the ploughing continuing without interruption across the feature. The enclosure, sub-rectangular in shape with rounded corners, is bounded by a very slight ploughed down ditch. There is no trace of any inner rampart, or of any internal features. A gap in the ditch to the south-west is possibly the site of the original entrance.
The situation and slight nature of the earthworks suggests that it may have been a simple stock enclosure. No evidence for dating. The stream a little to the south forms a convenient water supply. (3)
Extensive ploughing has destroyed all remains of this enclosure, and no further typological comment can be made. (4)
NZ143927. Soil mark of double-ditched circular enclosure. Visible on infra-red line scan imagery. (5)(6)
N11376
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; E Geary
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1972; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1972; B H Pritchard
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