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Kenwalch's Castle
Wiltshire, England ยท Atlas EN0418
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0418 (418)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Wiltshire
- Historic county
- Wiltshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Stourton with Gasper
- Also recorded in
- Somerset
- National Grid reference
- ST74773354
- Latitude
- 51.10056
- Longitude
- -2.36163
- Altitude
- 242 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
- 3
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 5
- Enclosed area
- 1.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North); Simple Gap (South); Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Earthwork Survey (1983-2005)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1008257
- HER
- Wiltshire and Swindon MWI103
- National record
- record ST 73 SW 6; monument 202653
- Wikidata
- Q31116878
Sources
References
- Burrow, E.J. 1924. Ancient earthworks and camps of Somerset, Cheltenham: E.J. Burrow, 112-113.
- Burrow, I. 1981. Hillforts and hilltop settlement in Somerset, 239.
- Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. eds 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria history of the counties of England, Oxford: OUP, 210.