More information : (SW 92454685) Camp (NR). (1)
Golden, Probus. A single banked defensive earthwork considered
by Hencken to be an Iron Age contour fort. (2-5)
Contour camp, Iron Age. The north side is well preserved with a
probable original entrance. On the south side the ditch is clear
but the bank is denuded. Clearly visible on air photographs. (6)
This earthwork lies on a gentle south facing slope at the east end
of a spur above a deep valley. It follows the contour on the
north and west, dipping on the south side, and lies at 75m above OD.
It encloses an irregular area 3.4ha, measuring 290m east to west
by 160m north to south. It is univallate and well preserved on
the north and west, where the bank is on average 10.0m wide and
1.5m high. The 'U' shaped ditch averages 5.5m wide and 1.2m deep,
with the accompanying rampart 3.0m high. On the south, ploughing
has levelled the inner side of the bank and outer edge of ditch
to leave a rampart, on average 2.7m high, flanked by terraces.
There are five breaks in the bank; that on the west is probably
the original entrance since there is a slight but noticeable
inturning of the ditch and it lies on the easiest approach.
Unfortunately the bank has been ploughed out at this point.
The breaks in the SW and SE are obviously modern. Those on the
north are probably modern as one is angled across the bank and
ditch and at both there is no indication of inturning. The
interior is arable with no visible signs of settlement.
The earthwork is deliberately sited so that all the interior has
a south-facing aspect, rather than straddling the spur.
1:2500 survey revised on AO Model. (7)
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