(NU 01393184) Camp. (1)

East side can only be faintly traced. In the middle of the enclosure is an oval cairn, (stones, all small, visible at south side). It stands on highest point of hill. (2)

One bank and one ditch. The bank is of earth. It is not a very defensible position. In the centre is what appears to be a burial 'pillow' about 20' long, with the spoil pit adjacent. (3)

This fort was visited on 28th August 1924 at which time it was entirely obscured by the thick growth of bracken: it is circular in form, the diameter being about 120 yards, and is defended by a single earthen rampart which rises in parts 6ft above the trench; the entrance is to the south-east. (Plan in (5) shows two ramparts or a rampart and ditch with an unidentified central feature). (4)(5)

Horton Moor. A circular earthwork with single rampart enclosing an area of approximately 1 1/2 acres. (6)

Type B3 (Forts on flat or low-lying ground). (7)

Situated on the summit of a slight rise a little above the 500 foot contour. The position is not strong defensively, all the natural slopes being gentle with dead ground in the near vicinity.
The earthwork, badly mutilated, consists of a single rampart with outer ditch. The rampart, of earth and stones, has an average width of 4m with maximum heights of 0.7m internally and 2m above the bottom of the outer ditch. The ditch has an average width of 6m with a maximum depth of 0.7m below outside ground level. In places there are faint indications of a counterscarp bank but it is fragmentary and not surveyable.
Apart from the eastern side, which has been almost obliterated, there are three other gaps in the bank none of which could be identified as an original entrance.
No obvious traces of habitation are visible but dense bracken prevented close examination of the enclosed area.
The alleged tumulus is an elongated mound of earth and stones oriented north-east/south-west and measuring 12m x 9m x 0.4m high, and its position is the only factor in favour of its being sepulchral.
The non-defensive siting, generally slight bank, and lack of occupation traces indicates that this enclosure was probably for stock purposes. There is insufficient evidence for dating. (8) (15c)

NU 01393184. On much of the north-west and south sides of the enclosure the inner slope of the bank has been reduced to insignificance leaving only the outward facing scarp. Published survey (25') revised. (9)

Plan. (10)

Enclosure. (11)

Listed as pre-Roman Iron Age univallate (forts, settlements and enclosures). (12)

No change. The work appears never to have been of any great strength, but its elevated position and general form support an Iron Age classification. (13)

Hillfort on Horton Moor, ploughed out but visible as a soil mark. The cairn is also ploughed out. Flints, prehistoric pottery and a broken saddle quern were found on the ground surface within the area of the hillfort. Also found was a cup marked stone, 200mm x 180mm x 120mm deep. Finds in collection of M Maddison. (14)

NU 014 318. Horton Moor. Listed in a gazetteer of British hillforts as a univallate structure enclosing 0.60ha. (15a)

NU 014 319. Standing Stones camp, Horton Moor. Scheduled No ND/93A. (15b)