More information : (SK 760119) Burrough Hill (NAT) Camp (NR) (1)
A univallate hill fort with the main entrance, inturned, at the
south east. Excavations in 1853 recovered "celtic" pottery, a
flint arrowhead, also a crouched inhumation. Roman coins, a
dagger and a spearhead are said to have been found. (See plan). (2)
A preliminary investigation was carried out in 1960 by Leicester
University including a proton magnetometer survey. Storage pits
and a probable guard house at the SE entrance, were excavated.
Finds of pottery (including a small proportion of RB), Hunsbury
type querns, a brooch and pin of iron were made. (3)
Further excavations in 1967-8 revealed storage pits containing
animal bones and pottery dating from the 2nd cent BC to mid 1st
cent AD. (4)
"An A/S spearhead, sword and spear" from Burrough Hill were in
Leicester Museum in 1958. (5)
Visible on St Joseph APs. (No RAF APs available) (6)
A bivallate fort with two distinct ramparts, on the eastern
side the secondary rampart has been partly destroyed and
mutilated by quarrying activities. The intermediate ditch has
been much reduced and in some places has gone completely. There
are original entrances at the SE and SW corners. Other breaks in
the primary rampart appear to be of a later date.
The site is in good condition and lies in permanent pasture, it
is protected and open to the public. Surveyed at 1:2500. (7)
SK 761 120. Burrough Hill. Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 4.8ha. (8)
SK 7608 1193. Burrough Iron Age hill fort.
A large univallate hillfort comprising an almost continuous stone and turf built rampart standing up to 2m high internally, enclosing a level sub-rectangular area of about 5ha. An inturned entrance stands on the south-east side and is formed by 2m high banks inturning for some 35m; a second original entrance lies at the south-west corner. On the north side there is a counterscarp bank 5-6m below the top of the rampart bank.
Finds from the site indicate a long period of occupation ranging from the early Bronze Age continuing well into the Roman period.
Scheduled (RSM) No 17088. (9) |