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Chastleton Camp

Oxfordshire, England · Atlas EN0148

Chastleton Camp is a level-terrain fort in Chastleton, Oxfordshire, England.

Other names on the record: Chastleton Barrow.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble, and an enclosed area of 1.4 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it in a lowland setting and at 240 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and arable.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1008402).

Location

Atlas number
EN0148 (148)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Oxfordshire
Historic county
Gloucestershire
Parish, community, or townland
Chastleton
National Grid reference
SP 2586 2823
Latitude
51.95187
Longitude
-1.62531
Altitude
240 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain 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
2
Enclosed area
1.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east); Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
lowland
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and arable

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
postholes
Finds
pottery and animal bones
Investigations
Excavation (1881); Geophysical Survey (2006); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Excavation (1928-1929)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1008402
HER
Oxfordshire 1468 (second identifier MOX240)
National record
record SP 22 NE 4; monument 332469
Wikidata
Q31116542

Sources

References

  1. Lang, A.T.O. 2009. The Iron Age archaeology of the Upper Thames and North Oxfordshire region, with special reference to the eastern Cotswolds. Unpublished DPhil thesis, University of Oxford.
  2. Leeds, E.T. 1931. Chastleton Camp, Oxfordshire, a hill-fort of the Early Iron Age. Antiq J, 11, 382-98.
  3. Manning, P. and Leeds, E.T. 1921. An archaeological survey of Oxfordshire. London: Society of Antiquaries.
  4. Page, W. (ed) 1907. The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Vol II. London, 212-3..
  5. Price, J.E. 1881. Chastleton Camp: Moreton in the Marsh. J Anthropological Institute, X, 124-7.
  6. Sutton, J.E.G. 1966. Iron-Age hill-forts and some other earthworks in Oxfordshire, Oxoniensia, 31, 28-42.