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Ringsbury Camp

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0399

Ringsbury Camp is a contour fort in Purton, Wiltshire, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 3.4 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and a knoll or outcrop and at 138 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and pasture.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1018124).

Location

Atlas number: EN0399 (399)
Country: England
Current county or unitary authority: Wiltshire
Historic county: Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland: Purton
National Grid reference: SU07488676
Latitude: 51.57961
Longitude: -1.89333
Altitude: 138 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: 1
Breaks through the ramparts: 2
Enclosed area: 3.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible: earthen bank
Also recorded: ditches
Entrance forms: Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position: hilltop and knoll or outcrop
Aspect: level
Land use: woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating: 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence: Artefactual
Dating reliability: C - Low

Interior and investigation

Finds: lithics
Investigations: 1st Identified Map Depiction (1886); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number: 1018124
HER: Wiltshire and Swindon MWI9253
National record: record SU 08 NE10; monument 216512
Wikidata: Q7334977

Sources

References

Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. eds 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria history of the counties of England, Oxford: OUP, 268.