Description:
An Iron Age hillfort excavated in 1932 when pottery fragments and human burials were recovered. A geophysical survey was carried out in 1987.
Details:
Multivallate hillfort enclosing 28.5 acres. Main entrances on the east and west sides. Dated to 100BC with a small internal enclosure dated to 300BC. Excavated in June 1932 when pottery & inhumations were found. Surveyed by the RCHME in 1986 which revealed the remains of at least 120 circular structures and associated pits within the hillfort defences. At least four boxes of finds are in Salisbury Museum.
Sources:
| Yarnbury Castle 1987 Geophysical Surveys |
| Archaeological Journal Vol 103-4 Hawkes, C; Piggott, S |
| Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 46, p198-213 1932-4 Cunnington, M E |
| Devizes Museum Cat3 158-161 1934 Cunnington, M E; Goddard, E H |
| Survey RCHM 1986 1986 RCHME |
| AER 1184-85 County Archaeology Service. |
Data supplied by the Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record Office. |
