Description:
An Iron Age hillfort which may have been preceded by a smaller earthwork enclosure, or linear ditches. D)A suggestion that the inner enclosures are a shrine/temple.
Details:
A)Univallate hillfort planned by R C Hoare. B)Entrances to the South + North and West. Internally there are two irregular enclosures and ditches, and a shrine/temple (See SU15SW202). Finds include a spearhead, hammerhead, button and a brooch, and much more has been found after ploughing up to 2006. D)?Change of plan during construction, possibly unfinished. E)Used for stock control. F)Visited 1972 by the Ordnance Survey fieldworkers. G)'Spelt' marks.
Sources:
| A) The Ancient History of Wiltshire Vol 1, 177 1812 Hoare, Sir R.C. |
| B) Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 38, p53 1914 Cunnington, B H;Cunnington, M E |
| C) Victoria County History 1 1 270+220 1957 Grinsell, L.V. |
| D) Iron Age and Its Hillforts p35 1971 Feacham; Jesson, Margaret and Hill |
| D) The Druids, p 70 1968 Piggott, Stuart |
| E) Lowland Iron Age Communities in Europe, p168 1978 Cunliffe, Barry |
| F) Fldwk OS 1972 1972 Ordnance Survey |
| G) Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 59, p66 |
| X) Devizes Museum Cat2 104-110 Nos E29-52d 1911 Cunnington, M E; Goddard, E H |
| X) Devizes Museum Cat3 93-110 1934 Cunnington, M E; Goddard, E H |
| X) Devizes Museum 1994.294 1994 Devizes Museum |
Data supplied by the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record Office. |
