Perborough Castle

Perborough Castle
History
Perborough Castle, the trees on the skyline encompass the south-east sector of this hillfort.
Shown within Berkshire
Location	Berkshire
Coordinates	51°29′52″N 1°15′08″W / 51.4977°N 1.2523°W / 51.4977; -1.2523Coordinates: 51°29′52″N 1°15′08″W / 51.4977°N 1.2523°W / 51.4977; -1.2523
Periods	Iron Age
Site notes
Public access	farm land

Perborough Castle is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located at Compton in Berkshire. The site covers approximately 14 acres (5.7 ha), and lies on the chalky downs of West Berkshire. Archaeological evidence, from excavations in 1838, suggest that it was a lightly defended and perhaps a seasonally occupied site, containing no more than a few grain storage pits and slag pits, the extent of these being the obvious sign of continued occupation.^[1]^[2]

The Compton area had a sizeable community in the bronze-age and there are many other banks and field systems evident in the surrounding downs.

Today, the earthwork ditches and ramparts are not well defined, whether this was the original design, or more the result of deterioration over time is not clear, since the site is currently farmland and has been heavily ploughed.^[3]

Location[]

The site is located at grid reference

SU520779, on Cow Down between the villages of Compton and Hampstead Norreys in the county of Berkshire. The site lies at a level of between 135–145 m AOD. The summit of the (unnamed) hill lies a small distance away to the northwest, at 160 m AOD.

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2010-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba39/ba39news.html British Archaeology, Issue no 39, November 1998
^ http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4620/perborough_castle.html The Modern Antiquarian: Perborough Castle

External links[]

Perborough Castle at the Digital Hillfort Project

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