LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Wiltshire and Swindon MWI9894 (None)
NMR: SU 12 NW 2 (217691)
SM: 1005652
NGR: SU14362784
X: 414360 Y: 127843 (OSGB36)
Destroyed, univallate, lowland contour hillfort sited at E end of ridge of slightly raised ground lying between the Rivers Ebble and Avon just south of Salisbury. First discovered and photographed from the air by O.G.S. Crawford in 1924, who named the site 'Woodbury'. Encloses 2.6ha. Ditch sectioned on E by C.W. Phillips 1938 yielding haematite coated and Belgic wares and proposing Iron Age occupation through to Romano-British and 4th century AD. Geophysical survey 1990 by Wessex Archaeology based around notional centre of Great Woodbury using radial sampling comprising six linear transects. Rampart and outer ditch identified. Large number of internal features, mainly pits, found along potential NE entrance, and in vicinity of the enclosure number of ditches identified, probably forming part of an associated field system. Finds included two bronze coins of Tetricus I and Constantine II. Site entirely destroyed by the plough. Many chance finds of burnt flints or 'pot-boilers' occur in profusion and some Iron Age sherds. Base of pot of New Forest Ware now in Salisbury Museum. Little Woodbury settlement to E.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -199989 Y: 6630090 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -1.7965310367022063 Latitude: 51.049698727916756 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Historic County: Wiltshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Britford; Salisbury
Site entirely destroyed by ploughing.
| Extant | ✗ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Cultivated.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✓ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Destroyed, univallate, lowland contour hillfort sited at E end of ridge of slightly raised ground lying between the Rivers Ebble and Avon just south of Salisbury.
| Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
Located on gentle slopes above te River Avon to the north and River Ebble to the south and just to the west of Little Woodbury
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✓ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✓ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Ridge of slightly raised ground.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 95.0m
Boundary Type: Parish/Townland
Ditch sectioned on E by C.W. Phillips 1938 yielding haematite coated and Belgic wares and proposing Iron Age occupation through to Romano-British and 4th century AD.
Reliability: B - Medium
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✓ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✓ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✓ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
| Artefactual: | Ditch sectioned on E by C.W. Phillips. |
First discovered and photographed from the air by O.G.S. Crawford in 1924. Ditch sectioned by C.W. Phillips in 1938. Geophysical survey 1990 by Geophysical Surveys of Bradford on behalf of Wessex Archaeology as part of investigation for Salisbury By-pass A36. Excavation by Major and Mrs Vatcher does not appear to have been recorded.
| Other (1924): | Site first discovered and photographed from the air by O.G.S. Crawford 1924. |
| Excavation (1938): | C.W. Phillips. |
| Geophysical Survey (1990): | None |
Pits found along the potential NE entrance. In vicinity of enclosure number of ditches identified, probably forming part of an associated field system. Finds included two bronze coins of Tetricus I and Constantine II. Many chance finds of burnt flints or 'pot-boilers' occur in profusion and some Iron Age sherds. Base of pot of New Forest Ware now in Salisbury Museum.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Site destroyed.
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
Pits found along the potential NE entrance. In vicinity of enclosure number of ditches identified, probably forming part of an associated field system.
| No Known Geophysics | ✗ |
| Pits | ✓ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
Ditch sectioned on E by C.W. Phillips 1938 yielding haematite coated and Belgic wares. Other finds include two bronze coins of Tetricus I and Constantine II. Many chance finds of burnt flints or 'pot-boilers' occur in profusion and some Iron Age sherds. Base of pot of New Forest Ware now in Salisbury Museum.
| 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 | ✗ |
Pits found along the potential NE entrance. Entrance type estimated as site destroyed.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | Possible NE entrance |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North east): | Type estimated as site destroyed. |
Site destroyed but rampart and outer ditch identified, sectioned on E by C.W. Phillips 1938.
| Area 1: | 2.6ha. |
| Total: | 2.6ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Site destroyed. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Site destroyed.
| None | ✓ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| 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 |
| ✓ | Site destroyed. Ditch sectioned on E by C.W. Phillips 1938 |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Gaffney, C. and Gater, J. 1990. Report on Geophysical Survey. Site: Great Woodbury, Geophysical Surveys of Bradford Report No 90/63, Bradford.
Phillips, C.W. 1940. Appendix to Little Woodbury, Proc Prehist Soc, 6, 107-110.
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