Wilbury Hill Camp is alate Bronze Age (about 700 BC)hill fort west ofLetchworth inHertfordshire. It andArbury Banks nearAshwell are two of a line of six similar hill forts along the northernChilterns. It is ascheduled ancient monument.[1]The site is marked by two circular defences formed by single banks and external ditches. Although these are no longer conspicuous on the ground, distinctcropmarks generated by the buried features have been recorded byaerial photography since the 1950s.
During theMiddle Iron Age (about 400 BC) more substantial banks were built.
ManyRoman coins were collected by the localantiquarian William Ransome when the extreme northern corner of the enclosure was quarried for railwayballast in the mid-19th century. A selection of these is displayed atLetchworthMuseum.[2]
Ordnance SurveyGrid Reference:TL20213245.
51°58′39″N0°15′04″W / 51.97750°N 0.25111°W /51.97750; -0.25111