The site lies on the end of a triangular promontory on the escarpment beneath the Ridgeway to the south.

The suggestion that the site originates in the Iron Age is currently unproven.

Geophysical fieldwork is planned in the near future, hopefully this will inform the debate about the castle's chronology.

It is likely that Gilbert of Breteuil, after the Norman Conquest, acquired a block of manors centred on Broad Hinton and built the castle to oversee them.

The site has a summit of 195m AOD, and is accessible from public footpaths.