Finds from excavations at that time included relics of bone, pottery, flint, brass, and amber jewellery, most of which can be seen today at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.

[8] The name of the hill could be derived from a number of old English words and meanings, the etymology of which are ambiguous and open to interpretation, given the differing sources.

The Iron Age fortifications at Scratchbury Camp consist of a single large ditch and rampart to the most steeply contoured flanks, with some secondary counterscarps to the more accessible sides.

[1] The southeastern entrance has earthwork marks representing possible outer fortifications, and is approached from the adjacent Cotley Hill by a narrow ridge of land referred to as Burberry[15] Much of the north and west areas of the interior appear to have been densely settled, as demonstrated by the traces of approximately 100 probable structures.

[1] Within the centre of the hillfort lies the remains of an earlier and smaller D-shaped inner earthwork enclosure of circa 3.5 hectares (8.6 acres), and excavated by E.C.Curwen in 1930.

There is also evidence of a single original west facing entrance currently discernible as a 15 metres (49 ft) wide gap in the enclosure boundary.

[3] The 'crop mark' visible on aerial photographs shows a continuation of the curve to the southeast of the straight side, thus roughly completing a circle.

[3] There is also a Romano-British or later ditch, running east to west, which turns south sharply at the southwest corner of the hillfort, and which partly overlies the earlier Iron Age earthworks.

In its third and final phase it seems possible that the fort, having been 'laid out' to include the large barrow, was then further extended to encompass the whole of the top of the hill, to make full defensive use of the natural slopes and resulting in the present day configuration.

[1][3] Nearby to the northwest, on the side of Middle Hill, is the site of the deserted medieval village of Middleton, whose surviving earthworks consist of building platforms cut into lynchets and enclosed by a boundary bank and ditch, and a hollow-way.

[26] A Roman bronze spoon was found on or near Scratchbury Camp in 1804,[5] and a Roman urn was found in the surrounding area before 1856[27] Scratchbury is on the edge of the chalk plateau of Salisbury Plain, and within the area of Norton Bavant Chalk Downland Edge, as described by the West Wiltshire Landscape Character Assessment.

Imber military range perimeter paths run across the top of the hills, providing public access to the area.

The local area supports a rich and diverse grassland flora along with an important associated butterfly fauna, and this led to it being notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1951.

[8] The ecology and historical agricultural use of the site is such that regular grazing by sheep is required to maintain the balance of the flora, and to control the growth of shrubs.

There are also several varieties of herbs, characteristic to the Wiltshire downland, including for devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria), and chalk milkwort (Polygala calcarea).

On the steep slopes horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa), Thymus, and Asperula is plentiful[29] Within the hillfort, a more mesotrophic grassland is present, most probably reflecting past agricultural use and improvement.

[8] Other butterfly species to be found on and around the site include the Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina), the grizzled skipper (Pyrgus malvae), the dark green fritillary (Speyeria aglaja), and the small blue (Cupido minimus).

Along the grave green downs, this idle afternoon,shadows of loitering silver clouds, becalmed in blue,bring, like unfoldment of a flower, the best of June.Shadows outspread in spacious movement, always youhave dappled the downs and valleys at this time of year,while larks, ascending shrill, praised freedom as they flew.Now, through that song, a fighter squadron's drone I hearfrom Scratchbury Camp, whose turfed and cowslip'd rampart seemsmore hill than history, ageless and oblivion-blurred.I walk the fosse, once manned by bronze and flint head spear;on war's imperious wing the shafted sun ray gleams:one with the warm sweet air of summer stoops the bird.Cloud shadows, drifting slow like heedless daylight dreams,dwell and dissolve; uncircumstanced they pause and pass.I watch them go.

My horse, contented, crops the grass.The site is located at grid reference ST912442, to the east of the town of Warminster and to the north of the village of Norton Bavant, in the county of Wiltshire.