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Bratton Castle

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0412

Bratton Castle is a contour fort in Bratton, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Bratton Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 9.3 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and a spur and at 230 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1013399).

Location

Atlas number
EN0412 (412)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Bratton
National Grid reference
ST90115163
Latitude
51.26376
Longitude
-2.14302
Altitude
230 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
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
9.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
Passage-way/Corridor (North east); Passage-way/Corridor (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Earthwork Survey (1998-2005); Other (2004-2010); Excavation (None-1775)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1013399
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI4383
National record
record ST 95 SW 1; monument 211829
Wikidata
Q31116859

Sources

References

  1. Cobham Resource Consultants 1989. Bratton Camp and Westbury white horse:, a report for English Heritage, 1-47.
  2. Darvill, T., Stamper, P. and Timby, J. 2002. England an archaeological guide. Oxford: OUP, 378-79.
  3. English Heritage 2004. Heritage Unlocked: Guide to free sites in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, English Heritage, 66-7.
  4. Newman, P. 1997. Lost Gods of Albion. Stroud: Sutton Publishing.
  5. Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. eds 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria history of the counties of England, Oxford: OUP, 45, 263.