Site Name: Chisenbury Camp
Civil Parish: Enford
Grid Ref: 415190, 153870

Description:
A circular Iron Age hilfort.

Details:
A)A circular earthen work of c5 acres. B)Circular hillfort levelled in 1931. A post was part excavated while being demolished. C)Site may be Cissanbyrig, one of the burghal hideage forts. D)The ramparts are a spread bank 0.3m high. No sign of entrance.


Sources:

A) The Ancient History of Wiltshire Vol 1, 192 1812 Hoare, Sir R.C.
B) Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 46, p1-3 1934 Cunnington, M E; Cunnington, B H
C) Medieval Archaeology Vol 8, p74-90
D) Fldwk OS Ordnance Survey
D) Devizes Museum Cat3 112 Plate xxxi a 1934 Cunnington, M E; Goddard, E H

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