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Castle Hill, Brighstone
Isle of Wight, England · Atlas EN4233
Location
- Atlas number
- EN4233 (4233)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Isle of Wight
- Historic county
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Parish, community, or townland
- Brighstone
- National Grid reference
- SZ 4088 8408
- Latitude
- 50.65491
- Longitude
- -1.42301
- Altitude
- 140 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
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.32 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and ridge
- Aspect
- northeast
- Land use
- commercial forestry
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1862); Other (1967); Other (1999)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1013290
- HER
- Isle of Wight MIW255
- National record
- record SZ 48 SW 8; monument 460362
- Wikidata
- Q31118142
Sources
References
- Adams, W.H. Davenport, 1856. The history, topography and antiquities of the Isle of Wight, London: Smith, Elder, 133.
- Currie, C.K. 2003. An archaeological survey of earthworks on Castle Hill, Mottistone, Isle of Wight, Proc Hants Field Club Archaeol Soc, 58, 24-32.
- Wrench, C.L. 2012. Evidence of hillforts on the Isle of Wight, Unpublished paper, University of Oxford.