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Bussock Camp
West Berkshire, England ยท Atlas EN0096
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0096 (96)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Berkshire
- Historic county
- Berkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Chieveley
- National Grid reference
- SU 4672 7243
- Latitude
- 51.44891
- Longitude
- -1.32909
- Altitude
- 145 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 2, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 4
- Enclosed area
- 3.9 ha
- Footprint
- 4.4 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- lithics
- Investigations
- Other (1963); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1006984
- HER
- West Berkshire MWB1560
- National record
- record SU 47 SE 3; monument 233520
- Wikidata
- Q31119908
Sources
References
- Cotton, M. A. 1962. Berkshire Hill Forts. Berkshire Archaeol J. 60: 30-52
- Gelling, M. 1975. The Place-Names of Berkshire Pt I. English Place-Name Society. Cambridge University Press
- Anon. 1872-75. Excursion to Shaw, Donnington, Bussock Camp, Chaddleworth & Poughley Monastery, 1872.
- Trans Newbury Dist Fld Club: 2. 2. p14-17