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Sinodun Hill Camp

Oxfordshire, England · Atlas EN0142

Sinodun Hill Camp is a contour fort in Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, England.

Other names on the record: Castle Hill.

It is recorded as extant, with a bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 4 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 107 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and after AD 800 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as A - High.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1006302).

Location

Atlas number
EN0142 (142)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Oxfordshire
Historic county
Berkshire
Parish, community, or townland
Little Wittenham
National Grid reference
SU 5695 9244
Latitude
51.62884
Longitude
-1.17864
Altitude
107 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Outworks (South west); Simple Gap (South west); In-turned (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and after AD 800
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
A - High

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits and postholes
Finds
pottery, metal, human bones, animal bones, and environmental material
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1711); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1890); Excavation (2003-2006); Geophysical Survey (2003-2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1006302
HER
Oxfordshire 3153 (second identifier MOX158)
National record
record SU 59 SE 40; monument 238126
Wikidata
Q31116435

Sources

References

  1. Allen, T., Cramp, K., Lamdin-Whymark, H. and Webley, L. 2010. Castle Hill and its landscape: archaeological investigations at the Wittenhams, Oxfordshire. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology Monograph, 9.