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Castle Ditches is a univallate hillfort located near Tisbury in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises a roughly circular enclosure defined by a single bank and ditch, characteristic of Iron Age defensive settlements in southern Britain, and likely dates to the later Iron Age period. The monument occupies a naturally elevated position that would have provided effective command of the surrounding landscape. Though the earthworks remain visible in the modern landscape, the site has seen significant erosion and modification over the centuries since its construction.
Castle Ditches camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005701. View the official record →
Castle Ditches is a univallate hillfort located near Tisbury in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005701.
Castle Ditches camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005701.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Rotherley Down (8.9 km), The Carrion Tree Rack:a linear boundary in Rushmore Park, south west, south and north east of Park Cottage (9.1 km), A complex of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement on Berwick Down centred 700m south east of Ashcombe Farm (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Ditches camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Castle Ditches camp stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.