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Robin-A-Tiptoe Hill
Hob Uid: 321225
Location : Leicestershire Harborough Tilton on the Hill and Halstead
Grid Ref : SK7730004300
Summary : Quadrilateral enclosure surviving as an earthwork in places - possible ?Iron Age unfinished hillfort or defended settlement
More information : "Fragment of prehistoric camp found at Robin-a-Tiptoe Hill" (1) Topographically this hill is most suitable for the construction of a defensive earthwork of considerable stature, but extensive perambulation revealed no traces of artificial works other than a slight ptough headland. (2) SK 773045. Quadrilateral enclosure, defended by a bank and ditch, on the top of Robin-a-Tiptoe Hill. The enclosed area is parallelogramoid in shape, approximately 300m by 200m, thus enclosing roughly 4.5ha. The bank stands up to l.5m high in places, and there is an entrance set centrally to the west. (3) The date of the earthwork is not known: the area is under permanent pasture and no distinctive finds are known from the site. It may be an unfinished Iron Age hillfort. (4) SK 773 042. Defended enclosure on Robin-a-tiptoe Hill. Scheduled. (5)

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Source details : Loughborough & Dist Arch Soc/21-MAR-1959/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Correspondent & 6" Map
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Source details : F D Colquhoun/11-DEC-1972/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : DOE (IAM) AM Record Form Leicestershire 14-APR-1977
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Source details : APs (RAF CPE/UK/1891 2082-4 10-DEC-1946)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : English Heritage SAM List Leicestershire March 1994 7
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Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Enclosure, Hillfort, Enclosed Settlement
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LE 186
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 70 SE 13
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