More information : (SU 807 847) Camp (NR). (1)
(SU 807 847) Contour Camp, NE of the church and SW of States
House enclosing an area of nearly 17 acres. The defences consist
of a single rampart and ditch, except about 100yds on the west
side where there is an outer bank. The east side has been much
reduced by the plough ... One original entrance appears to
have been on the NW; and on the SW a path, apparently ancient
and protected by a bank, leads towards a spring." (2)
Date, about 2nd century BC. (3)
IA fort: surveyed at 1:2500. (4)
A much-reduced, IA univallate fort measuring internally
approximately 330.0m N-S by 250.0m E-W, situated mainly in
woodland, partly in pasture on the end of a ridge with
steep slopes to the south and west. The enclosing
bank and ditch have been reduced in places to a mere
outward-facing scarp, but where best preserved at
SU 8055 8475 the rampart is 0.8m above the interior ground
level and an outer counterscarp bank is in evidence.
(See section). The entrance is in the NW corner, but later
ornamental paths and quarrying have obliterated surface details.
apparent outer defence at the entrance is probably the result of
landscaping. Published survey (25") revised. (5)
SU 807 847. States House. Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 6.6ha. (6)
The Iron Age fort described above has been mapped from aerial
photographs. (Morph No. TG.503.1.1) (7) |