Site Name: Ebsbury or Grovely Earthworks
Civil Parish: Barford St Martin; Great Wishford
Grid Ref: 406120, 135430

Description:
Iron Age hillfort.

Details:
Site of earthworks was originally a hill top camp with triple ramparts.


Sources:

Victoria County History 1 1 266(115) 1957 Grinsell, L.V.
Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 45, p209-210
The Ancient History of Wiltshire Vol 1, 110 1812 Hoare, Sir R.C.
Antiquity Vol 2, p176-7
E/AND51 Cambridge University Aerial Photograph Unit
E /AAU51 Cambridge University Aerial Photograph Unit
A17/232035 1971 Wiltshire County Council
D/SU0535/1 English Heritage
D/SU0535/9/92 English Heritage
D/SU0535/8/89 English Heritage
E/LA 21-2 Cambridge University Aerial Photograph Unit

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