Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Information

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SMR Number

ST87SW203

Site Name

Bury Wood Camp

Grid Ref

ST81837396

Parish

Colerne

Photographs

Images for Colerne (if available)

District

North Wiltshire

Site Type

Hillfort

Period

Iron Age

Scheduled Monument

SM28993

Finds

Stone (building material); Ceramics; Stone; Animal bone; Worked flint; Environmental evidence

X Y Grid Ref

381830, 173960

Altitude

129.54 metres

Geology

Great Oolite

 

Description

Iron-Age hillfort excavated 1959-60.

 

Details

Sub-triangular hill fort. Entrances at the NW & E. Small settlement within enclosure. Bivallate on SW side. Excavated by Denis Grant-King in 1959-60. A possible axe polishing stone, and rotary and saddle querns were recovered during the excavation.

 

Sources

Victoria County History 1 1 59 + 264(82) 1957 Grinsell, L.V.

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 47, p 504-12

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 57, p104+395

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 58, p32+40-47+185-208

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 59, p59-67

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 60, p134-5

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 62, p1-15

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 64, p21-50

Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine Vol 76, p165

Devizes Museum 6:5:287 Devizes Museum

Devizes Museum 1976 96 1976 Devizes Museum

Devizes Museum 1981.44 1981 Devizes Museum

Devizes Museum 1987.56 1987 Devizes Museum

Devizes Museum 1987.70 1987 Devizes Museum

D/ST8174/2/35-6 English Heritage National Monuments Record

D/ST8174/3/37-8 English Heritage National Monuments Record

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