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Clearbury Ring

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0403

Clearbury Ring is a contour fort in Odstock, Wiltshire, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form and an enclosed area of 2 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 142 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Morphology/Earthwork/Typology).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1005691).

Location

Atlas number: EN0403 (403)
Country: England
Current county or unitary authority: Wiltshire
Historic county: Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland: Odstock
National Grid reference: SU15242436
Latitude: 51.01837
Longitude: -1.78401
Altitude: 142 m

Form and condition

Type: 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: 1
Enclosed area: 2 ha
Also recorded: ditches
Entrance forms: Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating: 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence: Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability: D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface: quarry hollows
Finds: lithics
Investigations: Excavation (1923); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1871-1878); Earthwork Survey (1983-2005)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number: 1005691
HER: Wiltshire and Swindon MWI0250
National record: record SU 12 SE 2; monument 217879
Wikidata: Q17509899

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, 265.