Site Name: Bury Wood Camp
Civil Parish: Colerne
Grid Ref: 381830, 173960

Description:
Iron-Age hillfort excavated 1959-60.

Details:
Sub-triangular hill fort. Entrances at the NW & E. Small settlement within enclosure. Bivallate on SW side. Excavated by Denis Grant-King in 1959-60. A possible axe polishing stone, and rotary and saddle querns were recovered during the excavation.


Sources:

Victoria County History 1 1 59 + 264(82) 1957 Grinsell, L.V.
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 47, p 504-12
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 57, p104+395
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 58, p32+40-47+185-208
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 59, p59-67
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 60, p134-5
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 62, p1-15
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 64, p21-50
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 76, p165
Devizes Museum 6:5:287 Devizes Museum
Devizes Museum 1976 96 1976 Devizes Museum
Devizes Museum 1981.44 1981 Devizes Museum
Devizes Museum 1987.56 1987 Devizes Museum
Devizes Museum 1987.70 1987 Devizes Museum
D/ST8174/2/35-6 English Heritage National Monuments Record
D/ST8174/3/37-8 English Heritage National Monuments Record

Data supplied by the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record Office.

Recommended books on hill forts;
Danebury Hillfort ~ Barry Cunliffe
Hillforts of England and Wales ~ James Dyer
Cadbury Castle - The Hillfort and Landscapes ~ Richard Tabor
The Wessex Hillfort Project ~ Andrew Payne, Mark Corney and Barry Cunliffe
Hillforts: Prehistoric Strongholds of Northumberland National Park ~ Stewart Ainsworth and Trevor Pearson
Celtic Fortifications ~ Ian Ralston