Description:
An Iron Age hillfort partially excavated c1974.
Details:
The remains of a large hillfort once defended by a triple line of ramparts. A single rampart survives. The pin of a brooch and five skeletons were found. Material consisting of flint potsherds and bone from an excavation by Mrs.F de M Vatcher at Grovely Castle is in Salisbury Museum.
Sources:
| Antiquity Vol 2, p76 |
| Salisbury Museum 1956.36 1956 Salisbury Museum |
| Victoria County History 1 1 107 1957 Grinsell, L.V. |
| The Ancient History of Wiltshire Vol 1, 111 1812 Hoare, Sir R.C. |
| Devizes Museum 1995.64 1995 Devizes Museum |
| Bishop Wordsworth School 2nd Rept 1950 Ewence, P F; Collins, V M |
| A16/219180 1971 Wiltshire County Council |
Data supplied by the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record Office. |
