Boddington Camp
 The bank on the east side, looking south-west | |
  Shown within Buckinghamshire | |
| Alternative name | Boddington Banks |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°45′48″N 0°43′23″W / 51.76333°N 0.72306°W |
| OS grid reference | SP 882 079 |
| Type | Hillfort |
| Area | 6 hectares (15 acres) |
| History | |
| Periods | Iron Age |
| Designated | 16 July 1963 |
| Reference no. | 1011304 |
Boddington Camp is an Iron Age hillfort, about 1 mile east of Wendover in Buckinghamshire, England. It is a scheduled monument.[1]
Description
[edit]The fort is on the summit of Boddington Hill. There is a single rampart and outer ditch, in an oval measuring about 500 by 220 metres (1,640 by 720 ft), oriented north-east to south-west. The interior, area about 6 hectares (15 acres), is heavily wooded. The defences have been destroyed in the north-east, and nothing remains of the probable main entrance here to the fort.[1][2]
In the south and east, where the defences are most noticeable, the bank is about 1.7 metres (5 ft 7 in) above the interior and up to 3.4 metres (11 ft) above the outer ditch. On the western side, a modern forestry track overlays the outer ditch. At the south-west there is an entrance ramp, thought to be original. A gap on the north-west side is probably modern.[1][2]
Pottery fragments of the 2nd to the 1st centuries BC were found during an excavation of a section through the rampart near the southern entrance.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Historic England. "Boddington Camp: a slight univallate hillfort on the summit of Boddington Hill (1011304)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b Richard Wainwright. A Guide to the Prehistoric Remains in Britain. Volume 1: South and East. Constable, 1979. pp. 284–285.
External links
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