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White Sheet Castle

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0421

White Sheet Castle is a contour fort in Stourton with Gasper, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Old Castle Hillfort, Whitesheet Hill, and White Sheet Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, counterscarp bank, berm, and unfinished work, and an enclosed area of 5.7 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 245 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 (1005690).

Location

Atlas number
EN0421 (421)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Stourton with Gasper
National Grid reference
ST80423460
Latitude
51.11032
Longitude
-2.28097
Altitude
245 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 3, SW 1, NW 3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
6
Enclosed area
5.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, counterscarp bank, berm, and unfinished work
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North east); Other Forms (North east); Passage-way/Corridor (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
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

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms and quarry hollows
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); Geophysical Survey (1992); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Excavation (1801-1810); Other (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1005690
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI1719
National record
record ST 83 SW 7; monument 207206
Wikidata
Q31116886

Sources

References

  1. Geophysical Surveys of Bradford 1995. Whitesheet Hill, Wiltshire, Geophysical Surveys of Bradford Reports Survey No: 92/95, Bradford.
  2. Hoare, R.C. 1812, The ancient history of Wiltshire, 1, London: Miller, 43.
  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, 87.