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Castle Hill, Blunsdon St Andrew

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0413

Castle Hill, Blunsdon St Andrew is a partial contour fort in Blunsdon St Andrew, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Castle Hill, Swindon and Bury Blunsdon.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 3.5 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a spur, at 132 m, and facing northwest.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1016324).

Location

Atlas number
EN0413 (413)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Blunsdon St Andrew
National Grid reference
SU15719117
Latitude
51.61914
Longitude
-1.77441
Altitude
132 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
2
Enclosed area
3.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
northwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1773); Other (1886); Geophysical Survey (2004); Other (1988-1995)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1016324
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI16746
National record
record SU 19 SE 8; monument 222176
Wikidata
Q31116862

Sources

References

  1. Bishop, S. 2004 MAGNETOMETRY SURVEY AT BLUNSDON. University of Oxford.
  2. Colt Hoare 1821. The ancient history of Wiltshire, 2, London: Miller, 39.
  3. Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. eds 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria history of the counties of England, Oxford: OUP, 263.