Scheduled Monument: Later prehistoric defended enclosure, Long Wood (1008255)

The monument includes a small univallate defended round enclosure on the sloping plateau above Long Combe. On the hilltop across the end of the valley Bat's Castle hillfort, which is broadly contemporary, is clearly visible c.2km away, with the Bristol Channel beyond. The enclosure is sub-circular in shape, with a straight side facing uphill on the south. It has an internal area of 0.15ha. enclosed by a bank, 0.2m high on the downhill stretch to 1.5m on the upper stretch, with an external ditch 0.25m to 1m deep. Outside the ditch on all but the uphill stretch there is a shallow counterscarp bank 0.25m high outside the ditch. The entrance to the enclosure is from uphill on the south, and is a simple causeway and gap, c.4m wide. An opposite gap on the downhill side, 2m wide, may also be original. Inside the enclosure, set against the western bank, is a sub-circular levelled platform, c.17m across, with an entrance to the centre of the enclosure. This is the site of a large round building or an inner enclosure. The eastern edge of the site is clipped by a modern track, which clearly rises where it crosses the counterscarp bank and dips where it runs through the ditch. The counterscarp bank is visible continuing outside the track. Excluded from the scheduling is the interpretation board, although the ground beneath is included.