LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Wiltshire and Swindon MWI18414 (None)
NMR: SU 25 SW 37 (224525)
SM: 1010138
NGR: SU21645054
X: 421641 Y: 150549 (OSGB36)
Bivallate partial contour hillfort located in easily defensive position on domed summit of hill forming notable landscape feature within Ministry of Defence Salisbury Training Area. Sub-trangular shape enclosing 7ha. Defined by bank and ditch with additional bank on SE side. S section well-preserved. Constructed on site of Neolithic settlement discovered during excavation in the 1950's of section of SE rampart (Megaw 1967). Number of flint flakes and tools recovered. Also partially excavated in 19th century (no details). Pottery sherds and artefacts found. Sited at centre of late Bronze Age/Iron Age boundary complex. Straight, well-defined boundary earthwork of ditch/bank/ditch extends from the NW main entrance; one element of extensive system of boundaries found on the hill suggesting late Bronze Age interest. Four modern gaps result of tank track damage and 19th century gravel digging on W side. Interior badly damaged by gravel digging. Planned by Colt Hoare 1810 and on 1st Ed OS map (1887).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -188275 Y: 6666284 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -1.6913001017012874 Latitude: 51.25364542616036 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Historic County: Wiltshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Tidworth
Central area damaged by extensive post-medieval gravel digging. Tank track damage and 19th century gravel digging on W side. Landscape appraisal in 2002 recommended removal of 1960s coniferous tree planting.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
SSSI.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✓ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Sub-triangular univallate partial contour hillfort in easily defensive location on the domed summit of hill forming a notable landscape feature within Ministry of Defence Salisbury Training Area.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
Easily defensive location on the domed summit of hill forming a notable landscape feature with many linear features focusing on it suggesting late Bronze Age interest.
| Hilltop | ✓ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Domed hill summit.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✓ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 220.0m
N/A
Sited at centre of late Bronze Age/Iron Age boundary complex. Early and middle Iron Age sherds found. Ceramic evidence suggests earlier occupation of hill - sherd of late Bronze Age Plain Ware and 11 sherds of haematite-coated pottery of All Cannings Cross tradition.
Reliability: C - Low
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✓ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✓ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
| Artefactual: | Early and middle Iron Age sherds found. Ceramic evidence suggests earlier occupation of hill - sherd of late Bronze Age Plain Ware |
In Aubrey's Monumenta Britannica (1665-1693). On Ist Ed. OS map (1887). Planned by Colt Hoare 1810. Small excavation in the 19th century and 1957 by J.V.S. Megaw on section of innermost rampart. Landscape appraisal in 2002 recommended the removal of 1960s coniferous tree planting. RCHME survey as part of Salisbury Plain Project, ref. no. 888341.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1810): | Planned by R.C. Colt Hoare. |
| Other (1887): | OS map 1:2500 first edition. |
| Excavation (1957): | J.V.S. Megaw on section of innermost bank. |
| Other (2002): | Landscape appraisal. |
| 1st Identified Written Reference (None): | None |
| Earthwork Survey (None): | RCHME |
| Excavation (None): | No details. |
No interior details from excavation. Neolithic flint flakes and tools. Early and middle Iron Age pottery. Sherd of late Bronze Age Plain Ware and 11 sherds of haematite-coated pottery of All Cannings Cross tradition. Possible Mesolithic flaked axe found 1969.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
No interior details from excavation.
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✓ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
Neolithic flint flakes and tools. Early and middle Iron Age pottery. Sherd of late Bronze Age Plain Ware and 11 sherds of haematite-coated pottery of All Cannings Cross tradition. Possible Mesolithic flaked axe found 1969.
| No Known Finds | ✗ |
| Pottery | ✓ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✓ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Simple gap original NW angle entrance in which N terminal bifurcated to give both an inturn and projecting hornwork. Entrance enclosed within a later rectilinear 1ha annexe. Four modern gaps result of tank track damage and 19th century gravel digging on W side.
| 5: | Four modern gaps result of tank track damage and 19th century gravel digging on W side. |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North west): | Entrance at NW angle. |
| 1. In-turned (North west): | N terminal bifurcated to give both an inturn and projecting hornwork. |
| 1. Hornwork (North west): | Projecting hornwork. |
Bank and ditch with additional bank on SE side. Chalk rubble core of inner rampart where tank tracks cut into original old land surface below rampart make-up. Straight, well-defined boundary earthwork of ditch/bank/ditch extends from the NW main entrance; one element of extensive system of boundaries found on the hill suggesting late Bronze Age interest. S section well-preserved.
| Area 1: | 7.0ha. |
| Total: | 7.0ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✓ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Chalk rubble rampart.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✓ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Chalk rubble core of inner rampart where tank tracks cut into original old land surface below rampart make-up.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✓ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | None |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✓ | NW angle entrance enclosed within a later rectilinear 1ha annexe. |
Bradley, R., Entwistle, R. and Raymond, F. 1994. Prehistoric land divisions on Salisbury Plain: the work of the Wessex Linear Ditches Project, English Heritage Archaeol Rep No 2, London: English Heritage.
Colt Hoare, R.C. 1810. The Ancient History of Wiltshire, 1, London: Miller.
McOmish, D., Field, D. and Brown, G. 2002. The Field Archaeology of the Salisbury Plain Training Area. London: HMSO.
Megaw, J.V.S. 1967: Notes on Iron Age and Neolithic material from Sidbury Camp, Wilts Archaeol Natur Hist Mag, 62, 115-17.
Pugh, R.B. and Crittall, E. 1957. A history of Wiltshire, 1.1, The Victoria History of the Counties of England, London: OUP, 92, 26B.
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