[clarification needed] The fort is on a narrow east-west ridge reaching a height of 210 m, with steep natural slopes to the south and west, and linear ramparts facing north and east.

The site was investigated by Graham Webster in a series of archaeological excavations between 1959 and 1962, which revealed the full layout of the camp, except for areas destroyed by the quarrying.

The permanent structure of the fort appears to have been built and occupied in the period 50–60 AD, and not started until after the abandonment of Hod Hill further east.

The site was abandoned at the same time as the Boudiccan revolt (AD 61), and transport routes were already evolving along the Fosse Way axis to the North and the coast.

In the 1950s tesserae were found in a nearby field to the north, which may be the site of the Fort's bathhouse, which would be one of the earliest mosaics in England.