(NY 89639399) Camp [OE]. (1)

Girsonfield (Fawden Hill) Single ramparted ring enclosure approx 1 acre. (Listed under native sites). (2)

Type B2 (Forts on high ground less dependant on natural slopes for protection). (3)

The fort is on the south slope of Fawdon Hill, with its northern rampart on the summit. A stone wall cuts the site east and west, the northern portion is a perfect semi-circle, the southern, not quite so regular. The site is 790 feet above sea level, and has a fine prospect.
The rampart and ditch are well preserved, especially on the north side where the rampart is 8 feet high from the bottom of the ditch. There are three gaps in this part of the earthwork but they are too narrow for original entrances. On the inner side of the northern rampart there are evidences of a shallow ditch but no signs of it appear in the south half. The maximum height of the bank on the south side is 4 feet, the outer ditch is 20 feet wide all round. The entrances must have been where the wall now pierces the fort on the east and west. The interior diameter is 253 feet. There are no interior circles or enclosures; no evidence of a water supply is to be found. (4)

An oval-shaped fort situated, at approx 780 feet above sea-level upon the top of a pasture-covered hill. The site commands the valleys of the Rede to the south-west, the Otter Burn to the west and the Girsonfield Burn to the north. Hill slopes are gentle on all sides and fall to a saddle on the south-east side rising again beyond.
The earthwork consists in the main of a single rampart of earth and stone and a ditch with an outer upcast bank except for the north-east side where there are the remains of a second ditch, this being probably the most vulnerable side. An internal 'scraping' ditch is apparent throughout.
The original principal entrance was in the south side. A narrow gap in the north-west side may by a minor original entrance. Other gaps are modern.
There is a hut circle of 4m diameter visible as a slight 'ring-bank' a little north-east of the centre of the site. The entrance cannot now be ascertained. There are no other traces of interior occupation.
The nearest present fresh water supply is a small stream to the north-east. (5)

Listed as pre-Roman Iron Age univallate. (Forts, settlements and enclosures). (6)

Published survey (25 inch) revised. (7)

NY 8963 9398. Fawdon Hill defended settlement 900m NW of Closehead. Scheduled RSM No 21043. The roughly circular settlement measures 60m E-W by 70m N-S within a single rampart and ditch and a counterscarp bank. The well preserved rampart is between 1.2m and 2.4m high above the bottom of the external ditch 6m wide. On the NE side of the enclosure there are traces of a second ditch inside the rampart, presumably the most vulnerable side. A slight counterscarp bank surrounds the encircling ditch. There are two original entrances on the S and NW sides, the former being the principal access. Within the enclosure there are traces of a single timber round house visible as a low bank of earth 4m in diameter situated near the centre. A modern stone field wall crosses the enclosure. (8)

Additional references (9,10)