More information : (SP 25852822) Chastleton Barrow.(NAT)
Camp (NR). (1)
Chastleton Camp first excavated in 1881 and again in 1928-9 (see
plan). The defences consisted of a single stone-faced rubble
wall, 9 ft high on the inside and 13 ft outside, with no ditch in
evidence. Entrances apparently original to the E and NW. Finds
now in the Ashmolean Museum included typical Hallstatt type
pottery, a bone weaving comb and a pin. The only evidence of
occupation was near the wall in a single thickness, with few
finds suggesting a very short duration. (2-4)
'Chastleton Barrow' (name unconfirmed) IA univallate defended
settlement, situated upon high ground, in arable land. The work
is sub-circular with an average internal diameter of 128.0m.
The strong rampart (now tree covered) which is largely of
loose stone bonded with earth, averages 13.0m in width and in
height is from 1.0 to 2.4m internally and from 3.0 to 3.4m
externally. There are no traces of a ditch. Original entrances
in the east and north-west are simple with the latter widened
in recent times. On the north side, an inner bank (composed
mainly of light soil) set against the main rampart, 7.0m
wide, 1.6m high, extending 125.0m from the entrance, appears
to be a later or recent addition. There are no signs of
settlement in the interior, which is arable.
Published 1:2500 AM Survey and PFD revised. (5)
Scheduled as 'Chastleton Camp'. (6)
A probably Iron Age enclosed settlement or hill fort is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946, though the bank is obscured by vegetation of aerial photographs taken in subsequent years. The site is centred on SP 25848 28223 and comprises a bank which encloses an almost circular area which measures circa 162 metres in diameter. There are no signs of ditches on the available aerial photographs (7).
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