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Winklebury Camp

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0420

Winklebury Camp is a partial contour fort in Berwick St John, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Winkelbury, Winterburgh, and Winter Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work, and an enclosed area of 6 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and a spur, at 240 m, and facing north.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1005585).

Location

Atlas number
EN0420 (420)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Berwick St John
National Grid reference
ST95222171
Latitude
50.99478
Longitude
-2.06945
Altitude
240 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
9
Enclosed area
6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system, ditches, and gang working
Entrance forms
Passage-way/Corridor (North); Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
north
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence, pits, and quarry hollows
Interior excavation
pits and roundhouses
Finds
pottery, metal, and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); Earthwork Survey (1991); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Excavation (1881-1882)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1005585
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI2862
National record
record ST 92 SE 31; monument 210602
Wikidata
Q31116884

Sources

References

  1. Jesson, M. and Hill, D. 1971. The Iron Age and its hill-forts, Southampton University, 32.
  2. Pitt Rivers, A.H.L.F. 1888, Excavations on Cranborne Chase, 2, 233-53.
  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, 265.