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Several stages of reconstrcution were seen, but not dating evidence obtained.' (RH, 24-June-2016) Sources and further reading. 'A trench was cut across the most westerly point of the upper rampart. Inturned entrance on west side with small entrance on the north east, both have been disfigured with modern cart tracks. Single main rampart with double and triple banks and ditches. Irregular contour fort enclosing 9 acres. Thought to be the site on which Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury was camped prior to the Battle of Blore Heath. Possibly evidence for reuse of the site? On the south side gaps in the Phase 2 ramparts were blocked with stone rubble.Īrtefact: One pottery rim sherd from the site, previously believed to be Prehistoric but now identified as early medieval.

Phase 4: Hurried reconstruction with massive ramparts built and ditches recut. Phase 3: Period of neglect and rampart collapse. Phase 2: Box rampart widened to take superimposed glacis bank (immediately following Phase 1). Not precisely dated by pottery suggests Early Iron Age. Phase 1: A timber laced rampart with ditch and counterscarp. Water supply from strong spring flowing from within the eastern rampart. Two original entrances in the east and west sides (the latter pronouncedly inturned). Earth and stone rampart up to 15 metres wide, counterscarp on the north side where the slope lessens. Univallate hillfort on a prominent sandstone outcrop. Defences consisted of a bank and ditch, with a counterscarp bank in places. Scheduled Monument 1009771: Multivallate hillfort at Berth Hill.EST3683 - Archaeological investigations at Berth Hill Camp, Maer, 1932.

(NRHE Name -RCHME: Staffordshire Hillforts Project)

EST290 - A survey of the hillforts of Staffordshire.

(NRHE Name - RCHME: Staffordshire Hillforts Project)

EST3151 - A survey of the scheduled remains of Berth Hill Camp multivallate hillfort, Maer, 1987.

EST2612 - An archaeological excavation at Berth Hill in 1966.

SHERD (Early Medieval - 410 AD to 1065 AD).

FINDSPOT (Early Medieval - 410 AD to 1065 AD).

MULTIVALLATE HILLFORT (IRON AGE - 800 BC to 42 AD).

The scheduled remains of a multivallate Iron Age hillfort at Berth Hill.

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