Location
- Atlas number
- EN0102 (102)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Historic county
- Berkshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Easthampstead
- National Grid reference
- SU 8637 6577
- Latitude
- 51.38439
- Longitude
- -0.76015
- Altitude
- 120 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 3
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 6
- Enclosed area
- 7.8 ha
- Footprint
- 10 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Uncertain (North); Uncertain (South); Uncertain (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and heath
- Water source
- well or cistern
Dating
- Dating
- 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- C - Low
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery and metal
- Investigations
- Other (1962); Other (1963); Geophysical Survey (1995); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Earthwork Survey (1983-2005); Excavation (1990-1999)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1016334
- HER
- Berkshire MBF569
- National record
- record SU 86 NE 1; monument 247736
- Wikidata
- Q31119448
Sources
References
- Hogg, A.H.A. 1975: Hill-Forts of Britain. London: Hart-Davis MacGibbon.
- Linford, N.T. 1995: Caesar's Camp, Windsor Forest, Berkshire. Report on Geophysical Survey, October 1995. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Reports, 46/95
- Stuckeley W. 1724. Itenerarium Curiosum, 169