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Battlesbury Camp

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0386

Battlesbury Camp is a contour fort in Warminster, Wiltshire, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 9.7 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a spur and at 208 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1010195).

Location

Atlas number
EN0386 (386)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Warminster
National Grid reference
ST89854565
Latitude
51.20994
Longitude
-2.14668
Altitude
208 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
9.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Hornwork (East); Passage-way/Corridor (East); In-turned (North west); Other Forms (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits and postholes
Finds
pottery, metal, metalworking, human bones, animal bones, and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); Excavation (1922); Excavation (1957); Other (1984); Other (1996); Other (1998); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Earthwork Survey (1983-2005); Excavation (1801-1900)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1010195
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI858
National record
record ST 84 NE 4; monument 207399
Wikidata
Q31116688

Sources

References

  1. Cunnington, M.E. 1923. Pits in Battlesbury Camp. Wiltshire Archaeol Natur Hist Mag, 42, 368-73.
  2. McOmish, D., Field, D. and Brown, G. 2002: The Field Archaeology of the Salisbury Plain Training Area. London: HMSO, 74-79.
  3. Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, London: OUP, 270.