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This monument, scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, includes a slight univallate hillfort with outworks situated on a natural promontory on the Cotswold Escarpment overlooking the wide valley of the Doverte Brook. The hillfort survives as a roughly triangular enclosure defined on two sides by a simple rampart bank measuring up to 15.2m wide and 3m high above the natural steep scarp slopes and on the final north eastern side by an additional berm with a concentric second outer rampart bank standing up to 7.6m wide and 1.5m high and an outer ditch of 6m wide and 1.2m deep with slightly offset entrances. It is thought this outer defensive line may represent a slightly later development phase of the hillfort. In the past internal natural hollows were misidentified as hut circles. (source Historic England)
Also known as:
- Becket’s Bury
- Brackenbury Ditches
The photo is a view point from Brackenbury Ditches looking towards Wotton Under Edge made accessible by the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens.
More information on the Hillfort can be found here http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/ancient-glos/xxii-li