Grovely Castle Explained

Grovely Castle
Map Type:Wiltshire
Region:Southern England
Coordinates:51.1211°N -1.932°W
Type:possible hill fort
Area:13acres
Epochs:Iron Age
Archaeologists:P. F. Ewence, Grinsell

Grovely Castle is the site of an Iron Age univallate hill fort in the parish of Steeple Langford, in Wiltshire, England. The remaining ramparts stand approximately 3.2m (10.5feet) high, with 1.5m (04.9feet) deep ditches, although ploughing has damaged the earthworks in some parts of the site. Excavations have uncovered the remains of five human skeletons within the ramparts. Entrances are in the south-west and north-east corners of the hillfort. A circular enclosure of 35to is evident in aerial photographs of the hillfort interior. There is also a later bank and ditch which runs through the hill-fort from south-west to north-east, and is probably part of an extensive surrounding Celtic field system.

Location

The site is at, to the south of the village of Little Langford. The site has a summit of 156m (512feet) AOD. Nearby to the east lies the Iron Age site of Ebsbury, and to the south, the largest forest in Wiltshire, Grovely Wood.

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