Bincknoll Castle
Bincknol Castle , also Bincknoll Camp is an Outbound Wallburg in the English county of Wiltshire . The Iron Age castle was only surrounded by a wall. The site is on a triangular ledge on a rock step below The Ridgeway in the south. The steep slopes are excellent natural defenses; the site can only be easily reached at ground level from the south. The assumption that the complex dates from the Iron Age has not yet been proven. The found pottery shards date from Roman times and thereafter. Geophysical studies are planned for the future. It is expected to provide information about the actual age of the systems.
The earthworks currently visible indicate a moth of considerable natural strength that arose soon after the Norman conquest of England . Presumably, Gilbert de Breteuil , who after the conquest of the country in 1066 obtained a number of manors around the village of Broad Hinton , had the castle built to monitor them. The mound , which was badly damaged by later quarry work, has a diameter of about 52 meters at its base and is 3 meters high; the surrounding trench is 2.3 meters deep. The core castle has a 3.4 meter high wall with a moat that separates it from the outer castle . A dam serves as the entrance. The earthworks of the now abandoned Bincknoll settlement , which arose outside the castle, can be seen in the Bincknoll Dip , which extends north on a slope.
location
The site is west of the village of Wroughton and north of the village of Broad Hinton . The Wallburg Barbury Castle is located about 5.6 km south-east of it. The site is 195 meters above sea level and is easily accessible from the White Horse Trail and other public hiking trails.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bincknoll Castle . The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '46.1 " N , 1 ° 50' 48.1" W.