Difficult to see, the photo shows a section of the low remains of the sub-circular earthwork to the southwest of the fort, curving round to the right, away from the viewer. There was a linear group of round barrows over on the left, but they have been all but obliterated now.
The western rampart from its southern end.
Looking north along the western rampart.
Bank and ditch of the western rampart, with mountain bike erosion.
Looking along the southern rampart.
The modern path cutting through the western bank and ditch reveals the stone construction.
Below the northern rampart there’s a narrow level terrace. It’s not clear whether it’s part of the fort’s construction, but the way it intrudes in the natural slope of the hill suggests it’s artificial.;
Approaching the northern rampart from below. The fort doesn’t look much once you’re inside it, but this approach allows the natural defences to be appreciated.
Image Credit: Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015.
Animal stockade.
Earthwork. People for height scale
Visited 25.3.12
Situated on the hilltop opposite Blaise Castle Hillfort.
I walked down through the trees from Blaise Castle Hillfort, across the grass, and up the path leading through the trees to Kings Weston Hillfort.
There are handy steps when you get to the steeper part of the path and a metal gate at the top.
You come out onto a flat grassed area and an unexpected information board. This gives details of the Hillfort, Blaise Castle Hillfort and the nearby Barrows (which I didn’t know were here)
This looked to me to be more of a Promontory Fort rather than a Hillfort. The site sits at the eastern end of Weston Hill and is protected from the flat west by a semi-circle single ditch/rampart. The other sides are protected by the natural steep sided slopes. The defences are easy to spot – approximately 1 metre high bank and 0.5 metre deep ditch.
Nicholas Thomas (Guide to Prehistoric England) states the ditch was originally 2 metres deep and 5 metres across.
As this site is so close to Blaise Castle Hillfort (and a lot smaller) I assume the two would have been connected – perhaps it was where they sent the teenagers?!!
