Camp NW of Chesterhill

The defended settlement WSW of West Lodge is reasonably well-preserved with the remaining earthworks indicating that the monument will contain archaeological deposits relating to its construction, use and abandonment. The monument provides insight into the character of settlement and subsistence during the Iron Age.

The monument includes the remains of a defended settlement of Iron Age date, situated on the summit of Chesterhill with commanding views on all directions. The defended settlement is formed from a sub-oval enclosure covering an area of roughly 0.5ha. and measuring approximately 88m north east-south west and 65m north west-south east. It is surrounded be a single earth and stone bank and ditch, with a fragmentary additional outer bank, all of which are preserved as low earthworks. The earthworks are interrupted by entrances on the east and west sides with the latter having traces of an inturned entrance with an outer bank forming an entrance passage. The enclosure has both an inner and outer irregular annex attached to the south west rampart. On the north west side of the outer annex is a rectangular enclosure. Within the main enclosure are at least two hut-circles, one of which has an entrance on the north side.