[NT 90253477] Traces of camp [authors annotation on plan]. (1)

Howtel Field Camp is about half a mile north by east of Howtel, but is so ploughed down as to be scarcely discernible, except on the north side where a trace of a second rampart can be seen. It appears to have been an oval, with diameter of about 100 yds by 60, and is on a ridge of land falling gently to the eastward. (2)

NT 898347. Listed as a probable pre-Roman univallate enclosure (no 85) [Author includes this under sites taken from earlier references or aerial photographs when features have been partly obliterated or overplanted]. (3)

No visible remains in either position. Both are sited on the same natural ridge in otherwise featureless arable fields. (4)

Air photographs taken in 1999 show two enclosures, visible cropmarks, in the approximate location given by authority 3. As is stated above, they are located close to the summit of a ridge of land, on its east-facing slope.

The first enclosure is centred at NT 8973 3473 and appears to have one straight side flanked by two curving sides. It is defined by a single broad ditch approximately 4m in width. As far as is visible, the dimensions of the enclosure are 66m by 63m.

50m to the east of this enclosure is a second, more complex, enclosure, measuring circa 132m by 90m. It is an irregular, oval shape and is centred at NT 8989 3471. The cropmarks are quite faint and difficult to interpret, but appear to represent at least two bank and two ditch circuits. It appears to have an east-facing entrance orientated in the direction of the downward slope. Within the inner enclosure there may be a hut circle, with a diameter of approximately 6m, centred at NT 8988 8472. Both enclosures appear to be of possible Iron Age date. (5a)