More information : (SO 42049996) Earthwork (NR). (1)
An earthwork of oval plan lies on the eastwood slope of Wilderley
Hill. It measures 175ft by 135ft and is enclosed by a bank and
ditch and counterscarp bank, being best preserved on the north
where the bank rises 2ft above the interior and drops 5ft into
the ditch. Only a third of the counterscarp bank survives, 1ft
high, and the whole of the earthworks have been destroyed on the
SE, leaving only a faint trace of their former course. (Possibly
a ring-work castle, though not listed by Hogg and King, or by
King and Alcock). (2)
This earthwork has been destroyed, probably during afforestation
of the area some 50-60 years ago. The site is indicated by a
faint, unsurveyable rise of ground, the area of which
approximates roughly with that of the former earthwork.
Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3)
SO 420 999: Earthwork on Wilderly Hill. Scheduled. (4)(5)
The enclosure described by the previous authorities was seen as
earthworks on aerial photographs and mapped as part of the Marches
Uplands NMP. The enclosure, which is incomplete, is approximately
50m across, the west side being defined by a ditch and the east side
by a bank.
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