Site Name: Ogbury Camp
Civil Parish: Durnford
Grid Ref: 414340, 138270

Description:
Iron Age hillfort with single ditch and bank.

Details:

A) Univallate hillfort with an entrance at the east side, IA sherds found in the rampart on the S side.

B) The ditch is completely silted The enclosed area is divided up by a field system which is visible on aerial photographs. A flint flake tool marked 'Ogbury Camp May 25 1901'.


Sources:

X) A21/230023 1971 Wiltshire County Council
A) Victoria County History 1 1 65+265(98) 1957 Grinsell, L.V.
B) Wessex from the Air p150 1928 Crawford, OGS & Keiller, Alexander
X) The Ancient History of Wiltshire Vol 1, 219-20 1812 Hoare, Sir R.C.
X) Ordnance Survey Fldwk 1972 1972 Ordnance Survey

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