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Casterley Camp

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0389

Casterley Camp is a partial contour fort in Upavon, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Catterley Banks.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of unfinished work, and an enclosed area of 27.5 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a cliff, plateau edge, or scarp, at 168 m, and facing northwest.

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 (1010074).

Location

Atlas number
EN0389 (389)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Upavon
National Grid reference
SU11585356
Latitude
51.28101
Longitude
-1.83531
Altitude
168 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
7
Enclosed area
27.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
unfinished work
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
northwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
pits
Interior excavation
pits
Finds
pottery, metal, human bones, lithics, and environmental material
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1773); Other (1810); Other (1887); Other (1924); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Excavation (1909-1912); Other (1983-2005)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1010074
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI13888
National record
record SU 15 SW 5; monument 220402
Wikidata
Q31116690

Sources

References

  1. Colt Hoare, R.C. 1810. The Ancient History of Wiltshire, 1, London: Miller.
  2. Cunnington, B. H. and Cunnington, M.E. 1913. Casterley Camp excavations, Wiltshire Archaeol Natur Hist Mag, 38, 53-105.
  3. Feacham, R.W. 1971. Unfinished hillforts, in eds Hill, D. and Jesson, M., The Iron Age and its hillforts, Southampton: Millbrook Press, 19-40.
  4. McOmish, D., Field, D. and Brown, G. 2002: The Field Archaeology of the Salisbury Plain Training Area. London: HMSO
  5. Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, London: OUP, 115, 270.