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Codford Circle

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Location
  
Wiltshire

Area
  
3.6 ha (8.9 acres)

Region
  
Southern England

Height
  
188 m (617 ft)

Codford Circle

Alternate name
  
Oldbury Camp, Wilsbury Ring, Woldsbury

Type
  
Hilltop enclosure or possible hillfort

Archaeologists
  
Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet, William Cunnington

Codford Circle, also known as Wilsbury Ring, Woldsbury, and possibly Oldbury Camp, is a neolithic hill top enclosure or possible hillfort located on the summit of Codford Hill, a chalk promontory of Salisbury Plain, near to the village and civil parish of Codford, in Wiltshire, England.

The site is oval in plan and approximately of 3.6 ha (8.9 acres). It is surrounded by a bank 6.5 m (21 ft) wide and up to 1.6 m (5.2 ft) high, then a ditch 5 m (16 ft) wide and up to 0.5 m (1.6 ft) deep, although an area on the south eastern edge has been reduced by ploughing. Aerial photography shows signs of an inner ditch, possibly signs of a former palisade fence, and entrances on the east and west sides. The entrances on the southeast and northwest sides are later in date.

There is no archaeological evidence for occupation, and the earthworks have been interpreted as being defensively weak owing to their slight nature, therefore the site is currently interpreted as an enclosure of an unknown but ancient date.

Codford circle


References

Codford Circle Wikipedia