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Wall Hills Camp
Hob Uid: 111943
Location : County of Herefordshire Ledbury
Grid Ref : SO6910038200
Summary : This monument includes the remains of a large multivallate hillfort situated on Wall Hills west of Ledbury, on the western side of the River Leadon. The monument survives as the earthworks and buried features of a large multivallate hillfort. The hillfort enclosure is irregular in plan approximately 650 long by 435m wide that is divided into two separate areas by a bank and ditch. The hillfort is defined by a steep natural slope beneath two ramparts and associated quarry ditches. The monument has four entrance gaps, with the north eastern entrance being inturned and two entrance gaps between the enclosures. Excavation of the site has revealed Roman and 12th century pottery and a Civil War cannonball.
More information : (SO 691382) CAMP (NR) (1) Wall Hills Camp, early I.A., consists of two enclosures, the more southerly of which is c 22ft higher and is divided from the northern enclosure by a rampart and wet outer ditch. There are now four entrances, No 3 and probably No 4, are modern. Outside the camp is a small bank running southwards down the hillside from the S E angle, and at the base of the hill there is a good deal of artificial scarping, etc, for paths; but, apart from the original approach to the first entrance, these would be of varying and later dates. (2) Roman bronze coins found within Wall Hills Camp, Ledbury. (3) Wall Hills Camp: No change. Published survey (25") revised. (4) SO 691 381. Wall Hills, Ledbury. Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 10.1ha. (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1954.
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Source details : RCHM Here 2 1932, 118, plan.
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Source details : VCH Here 1 1908 193, 215 (H B Walters).
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : Arch Survey II.
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Source Number : 3b
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Source details : T Woolhope N F C 1883, 26.
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Source Number : 3c
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Source details : Arch J 34, 361 R I M P 24.3.69
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 DRB 21-APR-72
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : BAR 62 British Hill-Forts: An Index 1979 185 (AHA Hogg)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
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Monument Type : Multivallate Hillfort
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
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Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : COIN
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HE 15
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 63 NE 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-04-21
End Date : 1972-04-21

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

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Wall Hills Camp