222 List of Prehistoric, Roman, and Pagan Saxon Antiquities. 



Oldbury Castle. Strong camp in commanding position. Double 

 ditch, area 25 acres, circumference 1276 yds., height of rampart, 50 ft. 

 Area is intersected by a bank and ditch. Hoare found animals' 

 bones and pottery in the area. Entrance to S.E. Two dwelling pits 

 within the area have been opened, see below. O.M. 27 SE. ; A. W. 

 II. 97. 



Finds, Bronze Age. Skeleton with drinking cup, found 1871, on Old- 

 bury Hill (? in Calne Without). Devizes Museum Cat. II. x9 fig. ; 

 W.A.M. xxxiii. 91. 



Late Celtic. Two dwelling pits in Chsrhill portion of Oldbury Camp 

 opened by H. Cunnington 1875. One was 4ft. deep and 5ft. in diam., 

 ashes on the floor, with bowl-shaped vessel, bone weaving comb, and 

 animals' bones ; the other 9ft. long X 6ft. wide and 3ft. 6in. deep, 

 contained a fine quern stone, sarsen mullers, worked flints, bones, 

 and fragments of pottery vessels. Devizes Museum Cat. II. 835 — 

 837; W.A.M. xxiii. 217. See also Calne Without for pits S. of the 

 camp. 



Roman. Weight or pig of iron, iron key, knives, arrow and spear heads, 

 and chisel ; bronze bow brooch, buckle, armlets, &c. ; a few coins 

 Domitian to Maximus. Devizes Museum Cat. II. 314, 356b, 516, 

 547 ; W.A.M. vi. 256 ; xxiii. 216—219 ; xxv. 364 ; xxvii. 291 ; xxviii. 

 263 ; xxxv. 177, 392 ; xxxvi 480. 

 Large bronze penannular brooch of 5th cent. A.D., found 1858. Devizes 



Museum, Cat. II. 340 ; W.A.M. xxiii. 216 fig. 

 Patch of Roman pavement found 1913 in path immediately in front of 

 gate into churchyard, of fine quality, figure of dog (?), with guilloche 

 border and floral ornament. 



CHEVEKELL, GEEAT. 



Finds, Late Celtic. Bronze bow brooch, Devizes Museum Cat. II. 



313 ; W.A.M. xxxv. 403 fig. 

 Roman. A gallon of coins Gordianus to Tacitus found at " The Sands " 



1695. W.A.M. xxxiii. 169. 

 Bronze penannular brooch, 1863, buckle, Devizes Museum Cat. II.' 337, 



347. 

 Saxon (?). Glass bead found on spot where bones and a sword had been 



previously found, "above Knowtham Pond." Devizes Museum 



Cat. II. S 3. 



CHEVERELL, LITTLE. 



Roman. British village on Little Cheverell Down about 1 mile N. of 

 Imber. A. W. I. 95. 



CHICKLADE. 



Earthworks. Hoare mentions a bank to the N. of the British village on 

 Cratt Hill and an old ditch near. A. W. I. 105, Station IV. 



