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Bury Wood Camp

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0425

Bury Wood Camp is a partial contour fort in Colerne, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Bury Ditches and Bury Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 9.2 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 140 m, and facing northeast.

Recorded land use includes woodland and pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1018385).

Location

Atlas number
EN0425 (425)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Colerne
National Grid reference
ST81817396
Latitude
51.46427
Longitude
-2.26320
Altitude
140 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
9.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, and other burning
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North east); In-turned (North west); Blocked (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
northeast
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
quarry hollows
Finds
pottery, metal, and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1886); Earthwork Survey (1936); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Excavation (1959-1969); Earthwork Survey (1983-2005)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1018385
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI2303
National record
record ST 87 SW 4; monument 208476
Wikidata
Q31116902

Sources

References

  1. Grant King, D. 1961. Bury Wood Camp, report on excavations, 1959. Wiltshire Archael Natur Hist Mag, 58, 40-7.
  2. Grant King, D. 1962. Bury Wood Camp, report on excavations, 1960. Wiltshire Archael Natur Hist Mag, 58, 185-206.
  3. Grant King, D. 1967. Bury Wood Camp. Excavations in the area of the south-west opening. Wiltshire Archael Natur Hist Mag, 62, 1-15.
  4. Grant King, D. 1969. Bury Wood Camp. Excavations in the north-east and north-west areas. Wiltshire Archael Natur Hist Mag, 64, 21-50.
  5. Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. eds 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria history of the counties of England, Oxford: OUP, 59, 264.
  6. Shaw Mellor, A. 1936. Notes on Bury Wood Camp, Colerne, Wilts. Wiltshire Archael Natur Hist Mag,47, 504-12.