The Gatehouse website record for Coughton Danes Bank

In the civil parish of Coughton. In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

Long rectangular mound crowning the top of Cappa Hill. It is like a gigantic barrow encompassed by a double rampart, terminating on the N side with 2 rectangular enclosures reported by Burgess. OS survey in 1968 report there is nothing extant to warrant an archaeological association. It is an enclosed/banked area within the precincts of Coughton Park that has been used for major quarrying work, possibly of C17 - C18 date. The two 'highest points' on Burgess' plan are spoil/upcast ridges - his 2 rectangular enclosures are not traceable, and the 'ravine with water' is a deep quarry pit. Whether there was occupation on the hill prior to the industrial working cannot now be ascertained. The site is not particularly defensively strong, is very water-logged, and no record has been encountered re local archaeological finds. The site is now under thick bracken with light tree growth.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP06456022

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 328770
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 547 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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