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Fosbury Camp

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0416

Fosbury Camp is a partial contour fort in Tidcombe and Fosbury, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Haydon Hill Castle, Knoll Ditches, and Knolls Down.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 10.5 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a ridge, at 254 m, and facing southeast.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and arable.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1005682).

Location

Atlas number
EN0416 (416)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Tidcombe and Fosbury
National Grid reference
SU31955650
Latitude
51.30691
Longitude
-1.54311
Altitude
254 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
3
Breaks through the ramparts
5
Enclosed area
10.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches and gang working
Entrance forms
In-turned (East); Oblique (South); Passage-way/Corridor (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
southeast
Land use
woodland, pasture, and arable
Water source
pool

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms, pits, and quarry hollows
Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1880); Geophysical Survey (1996); Other (2001)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1005682
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI431956
National record
record SU 35 NW 3; monument 228452
Wikidata
Q31116874

Sources

References

  1. Colt Hoare, R.C. 1812. The ancient history of Wiltshire, 1, London: Miller, 250.
  2. Nichol, M. 2001. An archaeological study of Fosbury hillfort, Accession Register: Devises Museum.
  3. Payne, A., Corney, M. and Cunliffe, B. 2006. The Wessex Hillforts Project. Extensive survey of hillfort interiors in Cenral Southern England, London: English Heritage, 107-10.
  4. Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. eds 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria history of the counties of England, Oxford: OUP, 113, 270.