Monument record 1677/1/3 - Hillfort defences

{1} Features recorded in 1880; defences of Hunsbury Hillfort were sectioned when tramway access cut through the north-west side; the defensive ditch was U-shaped & c.3m deep; the inner rampart was c.3m high above the external ground surface;

{2} Plans & sections & drawings by Dryden;

{3} When the gap was cut through the fosse to admit the tramway the interior edge of the fosse (or breastwork) showed traces of an intense fire on the inner slope beneath the surface ans some huge lumps of a vitrified substance were dug up. These are indications of something of the nature of a vitrified glacis, or agger, having been added on some occasion to strengthen the defences.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.279/Site 14 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, Parish Files (checked) (Archive). SNN115.

<3> Baker Rev.R.S., 1891, Hunsbury or Danes' Camp, 21/67 (checked) (Article). SNN46565.

Record last edited

Dec 7 2012 2:54PM