The Frith is a small univallate Iron Age

Iron Age

The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...

 hillfort to the north of Silchester

Silchester

Silchester is a village and civil parish about north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about south-west of Reading....

, Calleva Atrebatum, Roman

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

 town. A single bank covers all sides apart from the south east, and is at the most about 5 feet high on the western edge. A ditch is also traceable for the length of the bank, although at varying states. The area to the North and Northwest is partially wooded. A local footpath crosses the site East to West. The site slopes from approximately 90m to 95m in the West, with the summit of the unnamed hill (102m AOD) approximately 500m to the Southwest. Closeby to the South lies a Roman road heading into Calleva Atrebatum. Also nearby, 500m to the West, lies a further smaller unidentified enclosure.

Location

The site is within Benyon's Inclosure to the North of Silchester

Silchester

Silchester is a village and civil parish about north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about south-west of Reading....

, part of Mortimer West End

Mortimer West End

Mortimer West End is a village and civil parish in north Hampshire in England.At one time it was the Hampshire part of the cross-county parish of Stratfield Mortimer . It became an independent ecclesiastical parish in 1870 - the church of St Saviour having been built in 1854 - and a civil parish in...

 Civil Parish, in the county of Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...