Location
- Atlas number
- EN0097 (97)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- West Berkshire
- Historic county
- Berkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Combe
- National Grid reference
- SU 37408 61800
- Latitude
- 51.35400
- Longitude
- -1.46420
- Altitude
- 295 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 7
- Enclosed area
- 33 ha
- Footprint
- 33.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (North west); Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- level
- Water source
- pool
Dating
- Dating
- 1200–800 BC, 800–400 BC, and 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
- Dating reliability
- C - Low
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- pits
- Finds
- pottery, animal bones, lithics, and environmental material
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1586); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1808); Other (1963); Geophysical Survey (1997); Excavation (1907); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1005387
- HER
- West Berkshire MWB1578
- National record
- record SU 36 SE 5; monument 228800
- Wikidata
- Q31119912
Sources
References
- William-Freeman J.P. 1915: An Introduction to Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hampshire. Monograph
- Payne, A., Corney, M. and Cunliffe B 2006: The Wessex Hillforts Project. Extensive Survey of Hillforts in Central Southern England. English Heritage, 44-47.
- Metcalf, D. M. 1974. Sceattas Found at the Iron-Age Hill Fort of Walbury Camp, Berkshire. British Numis J 44, 1-12
- Stevens, J. 1888. A Parochial History of St. Mary Bourne. Whiting & Company
- Cunliffe, B. 2002. Iron Age Communities in Britain. 4th edition. Routledge