More information : The rectilinear earthwork, with rounded corners, (see
plan) on Garway Hill Common is of uncertain date and purpose, but
listed by Bridgewater as prehistoric.
The ramparts "are continuous and in reasonable preservation
except on the s. side where it has mostly collapsed into the
external ditch. The corners are more or less right-angled and are
sharply rounded. The rampart has been much reduced for the
greater part of the western side and the northern half of the
eastern side of the enclosure. Gaps in the N rampart, near the
NW angle, and opposite the S rampart may indicate original
entrances. The rampart at the SW angle now has a maximum height
of 10ft above the bottom of the surrounding ditch and 4ft 6ins
above the level of the interior of the enclosure. Where the
gaps in the rampart appear to be original there are traces of
wide causeways across the ditches. On the N this causeway is
continued as a terrace and a slightly sunken way until it is
obscured by a modern track.
On the S the causeway crosses the here mutilated ditch and is
continued down hill for a considerable distance as a wide raised
grassy way between low banks which seem to have been bygone field
boundaries. There are faint indications that the W portion of the
reasonably level enclosure is raised slightly above the level
of the remainder of the area, but this may be a natural feature. (1-3)
SO 4423 2492. A sub-rectangular enclosure with rounded corners
and sides 50m long is situated on an E-W ridge in a position which
commands excellent views in all directions save for the west,
where the rising ridge overlooks it. The ramparts comprise a bank
up to 1.0m high above an outer ditch 0.3m deep and are badly
mutilated on the S side but reasonably well preserved elsewhere.
The E side is slightly convex, and has an entrance at its centre,
now mutilated by a modern track. Two breaks in the ramparts near
the NW and SW corners are caused by a modern field bank which
continues to the S as a possible trackway. There are no remains
of structures within the enclosure the date and purpose of which
is uncertain. Surveyed at 1:2500. (4)
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