Location
- Atlas number
- EN3890 (3890)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Greater London Authority
- Historic county
- Surrey
- National Grid reference
- TQ 2239 7108
- Latitude
- 51.42547
- Longitude
- -0.24101
- Altitude
- 51 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
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 4.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank and timber-framed wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- northwest
Dating
- Dating
- 400 BC–AD 50
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery and lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1874); Other (1932); Excavation (1937); Other (1960); Other (1965); Other (1975); Other (1997); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1002014
- HER
- Greater London MLO10722
- National record
- record TQ 27 SW 6; monument 401301
- Wikidata
- Q31056025
Sources
References
- Kempe, A.J. 1846. On an Intrenched Camp at Wimbledon, in Surrey, and on the termination don or dune in that name. Archaeologia 31, 518-21
- Lowther, A.W.G. 1945. Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon, Surrey; the excavations of 1937. Arch J. 102 15-20
- Lysons, D. 1792. Wimbledon, in The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey. London. 519-540 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol1/pp519-540. Accessed January 2016
- Roycroft, N. 1997. Caesar's Camp, Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, SW19, London Borough of Merton. An Archaeological Watching Brief. Museum of London Archaeological Service.
- Tregellas W. H. 1866. Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon. Arch. J. xxiii. 261-269