More information : SO 7860 9670: The Walls (NAT) Camp (NR) (1)
Chesterton Walls: An Iron Age hillfort situated at the confluence of two streams. It is defended on the north and west by a bank and ditch, on the north east by a rampart on the crest of the slope and on the south by the precipitous hillside. The defences are strongest on the north, where the bank rises ten feet above the interior and descends 26 feet into a nine feet deep ditch. There is a simple entrance, possibly original, in the middle of the north side, and a modern opening at its eastern end. A tongue of land at the junction of the streams to the south-east, separated from the main fort by a bank 13 feet high, is approached by a path from the stream to the south. Classified by Forde-Johnston as a single enclosure hillfort.
Several Roman coins and a gold ring set with lapis lazuli and
of uncertain date, constitute the only objects found within the
enclosure. (2-4)
'The Walls' is an Iron Age hillfort of 22 acres, which remains
generally as described by Forde-Johnson (3) except that the ditch
on the north has been smoothed by ploughing. The interior of the main enclosure is regularly cultivated and the annexe, the rampart and slopes are covered by trees and undergrowth; dense in places. Traces of a modern stone wall run along the bank, particularly on the east side. Published survey (1/2500) revised on MSD. (5)
SO 786 967: The Walls. Scheduled 316. (6)
SO 787 967: Chesterton walls. Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 9.3 hectares. (7)
SO 786 967. The Walls. Scheduled. (8)
SO 7863 9671: A large Iron Age multivallate hillfort within a steep sided bend of the Stratford Brook, a tributary of the River Worfe. Roughly D shaped in plan and with an annexe. Roman coins found here indicate that occupation may have continued into the Roman period. Scheduled. (9) |