Site Name: Membury Hillfort
Civil Parish: Ramsbury
Grid Ref: 430210, 175320

Description:
An Iron Age hillfort.

Details:

A)A univallate hillfort, with a ploughed interior.

B) There have been several collections of pottery found, in 1977, 1980 and 1987.


Sources:

A) Fieldwk Swindon Archaeological Society Swindon Archaeological Society
B) Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 83, p227(46 & 47)
B) Devizes Museum 1987.152 153 & 155 1987 Devizes Museum

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