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I am new to this stuff. Just moved to Farmington and have constructed www.farmingtonvillage.co.uk
Am trying to research Norbury Hill Fort, but so little available.
Is there anyone there who can help?
A local farmer has some onfo and I am meeting him soon.
Shall let you all know what he ahs to say.
Any other leads would be welcome.
Thanks folks
Chris

Hi Chris!

Welcome to TMA. This site - TMA's "Norbury Camp 1" - is described in the Royal Commission's English county survey for Gloucestershire, 1976 (Iron Age and Romano-British Monuments volume), in the parish entry for Northleach with Eastington:

"Norbury Camp (SP 127155), univallate hill-fort, unexcavated, encloses 80 acres on a promontory between re-entrant valleys, 1 mile NE of Northleach. The W and E sides of the fort are defined by banks set along the extremities of a slight eminence; the N and S sides are defined by the edges of the promontory, accentuated in part at least by scarping. On the N, a low bank set on a terrace beneath the scarp edge and extending for about 220ft along the inner side of a track may be the northern 'mound' mentioned by Witts.* The ploughed W bank, 50ft wide, rises 1.5ft above the interior and contains limestone blocks up to 3ft long; the ditch shows only as a crop-mark. The E bank, about 16ft wide and 2ft high, ends 200ft S of the steeply scarped NE corner; no ditch is visible. Original entrances, used by modern roads, may be represented by a gap near the centre of the E bank and by a hollow-way in the S scarp."

There are a few b&w diagrams of this and adjacent monuments in the book which I can scan & email if you like. Gimme your email details and I'll gerrem to you.

* This reference is to G.B. Witts', "Archaeological Handbook to the County of Gloucestershire," Cheltenham n.d. (c.1883)

Hi Chris
Welcome to TMA, Chris!
I know nothing of Farmington I'm afraid except there was once a long barrow there.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5517

Moth and I went there a couple of years ago, but it's mostly melted away into the field. If you know anything about long barrows and have a lot of imagination, you can just make out the shape - just - within the earthworks of Norbury camp. It would be VERY interesting to see an aerial photo of the place to see if it shows up as cropmarks. I bet it does.

I bet not long ago the Farmington barrow was as good as Lamborough Banks still is just 4miles to the west of you.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4979
J
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...and a little bit more from the same source:

""Romano-British settlement (SP 129156) within Norbury Camp, ploughed out, covers at least 6 acres along the 600ft contour in the NE quarter of the hill-fort. It is 400yds SW of Clearcupboard Villa, and 100ft higher. Pottery of 1st-4th century date, roof and flue-tiles, dressed stones and wall foundations are reported. The finds, including part of a stone trough, are in a private collection."