archaeology hillfort, Westshire, Iron Age Henry Welburton HER Officer

Westshire Environment County Hall Westbury Westshire WS15 Q13

01987 557654 01987 557823 henry.welburton@westshire.gov.uk Westshire County Council 2005 Copyright is asserted by the creator test Made available for use by Western Archaeology Unit in the EH Earthwork Assessment project 2005. Data may be held in machine processable form. See project license for details Data may not be passed on to third parties without permission. Westshire County Council Environment Dept Waived Derived from Westshire HER Monument records database. 01-AUG-2005 select from monuments where monument_type = "HILLFORT" ENGLAND WESTSHIRE MIDDLE IRON AGE EARLY MEDIEVAL 01-SEP-2000 WSJ 14-MAY-2002 HW WESTBOROUGH HILLFORT WEASBURGH WE76598 67854 The hillfort at Westbury, overlooking the Easder valley is one of the best preserved in Westshire. Excavation of the North rampart in 1965 suggested a construction date for the outer defences in the late 2nd century BC, though there is evidence for Bronze Age occupation near the summit of the hill. [1-2] Known as Weasburgh in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, though no traces of Saxon occupation have been found. [3]

Iron Age hillfort with traces of earlier occupation

OWNER The National Trust scheduled monument 16-JUL-1978 site of special scientific interest ENGLAND Devon South Hams Chivelstone Easder Valley ST6797 England 267250 297250 POINT(267250 297250) Map reference ST 69 NE SETTLEMENT Bronze Age BRONZE AGE BRONZE AGE FINDS UNIVALLATE HILLFORT Late Iron Age LATE IRON AGE LATE IRON AGE EARTHWORK SUB SURFACE DEPOSITK EARTH FORT Anglo-Saxon EARLY MEDIEVAL EARLY MEDIEVAL DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE WE2657 678568 WE5487 WE897