More information : [ST 666406] Camp [G.T.] (1)
Small Down Camp, a multivallate hill fort covering some five acres.
On the east the defences are triple bank with double ditch: elsewhere,the system is bi-vallate. There are causewayed entrances (30-35 ft.
wide) to E. and S.E. proved original by St. George Gray, who
excavated here for eight days in April 1904. He found a flint knife,
a flint scraper, a fragment of human jaw-bone, and a number of
Bronze Age potsherds, subsequently classified by Grinsell as Iron
Age 'A'.
Some of these sherds are in Taunton Museum. (2-4)
Hill-fort re-surveyed at 1/2,500. Pottery (L.B.A. and I.A. 'A') and
flints from the excavation are in Taunton Museum, Acc No. A. 925-8.
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Additional reference. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
ST 667 406. Small Down. Listed in gazetteer as a multivallate hillfort covering 2.0ha. (8)
Small Down Camp. Description with plan. (9)
The earthwork remains of the probable Iron Age hillfort described by the previous Aurthorities were visible on aerial photographs. The northern part is obscured by treesso could not be seen. In addition to the earthwork remains of the hillfort and barrows mentioned above, evidence of later quarrying is visible on aerial photographs. Evidence of quarrying is visible within the north-western edge and to the south outside the south-eastern entrance. These features are visible on aerial photographs taken by English Heritage in 2006.
Linear banks and ditches are visible in the surrounding fields and may be former boundaries associated with the hillfort. These are recorded seperately in UID 1503909. (10) |