More information : [ST 798439] RODDENBURY CAMP [GT] (1)
Roddenbury Camp is a univallate hill Fort, (3) (150 yds by
75 yds), in the N.E. corner of Longleat Wood. Only a scarp
remains of the bank on the north; the ditch has been filled up on
North and West. The entrance seems to have been on the west. (2-3)
Roddenbury hill-fort occupies a prominent hill-top position.
It is in a plantation of young beech trees with dense
undergrowth of brambles and bracken and cannot be adequately
examined. [See illust (b)]
It appears from the AP's to have been of triangular plan but only
on the E. side is the rampart and ditch well preserved. There
is a short section of denuded rampart on the W; elsewhere the
hill fort has been destroyed by earth digging. It is uncertain
whether the gap for a bridle path in the western side is an
original feature although the approach from the W. is
relatively easy.
Conditions prevented a normal 25" survey and a sub-standard method
was used. This involved plotting from small scale (1/27,500) air
photographs (a) using an epidiascope and Salzman enlarger. This
plotted detail was checked and adjusted in the field as far as
the conditions would allow. (4)
Additional references (5-6)
Scheduled (7)
ST 798 439. Roddenbury. Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 0.6ha. (8) |