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Codford Circle

Wiltshire, England · Atlas EN0431

Codford Circle is a contour fort in Codford, Wiltshire, England.

Other names on the record: Oldbury Camp, Wilsbury Ring, and Woldsbury.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and palisade, and an enclosed area of 3.6 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 188 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes arable.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC (Morphology/Earthwork/Typology).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1016558).

Location

Atlas number
EN0431 (431)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Wiltshire
Historic county
Wiltshire
Parish, community, or townland
Codford
National Grid reference
ST98244055
Latitude
51.16419
Longitude
-2.02644
Altitude
188 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
3.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and palisade
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC
Dating evidence
Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); Other (1984); Excavation (2001); Other (2001-2002)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1016558
HER
Wiltshire and Swindon MWI3714
National record
record ST 94 SE 17; monument 211362
Wikidata
Q31116939

Sources

References

  1. Colt Hoare 1812. The ancient history of Wiltshire, I, London: Miller, 80.
  2. Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria history of the counties of England, 264.