ENN3518 - Rainsborough Hillfort, 1961-5 (Excavation)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 5255 3480 (202m by 215m) Centred on
Civil Parish NEWBOTTLE, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Oxford University Archaeological Society

Date

Not recorded.

Description

Cambridge University holds animal bone from this excavation.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: Avery; Sutton; Banks. 1967. Rainsborough, Northants, England: Excavations 1961-1965. Proceedings Of The Prehistoric Society. 33. p. 207-307.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (15)

  • C18th Landscaping Work (Monument)
  • C5th BC Guardrooms (Monument)
  • C5th BC Hut & Work Areas (Monument)
  • Early C4th BC Modifications to Defences (Monument)
  • Late C2nd BC Re-Fortification Work (Monument)
  • Late C2nd BC Re-Occupation of Hillfort (Monument)
  • Late Roman Gatehouse (Monument)
  • Occupation Prior to Hillfort Construction (Monument)
  • Possible C5th Hillfort Ramparts (Monument)
  • Possible Late Roman Entrance on East Side of Hillfort (Monument)
  • Possible Neolithic Long Barrow, Rainsborough (Monument)
  • Possible Unstratified Neolithic Finds (Find Spot)
  • Rainsborough Camp (also known as Charlton Camp) (Monument)
  • Rainsborough Prehistoric & Romano-British Settlement (Monument)
  • Unstratified Prehistoric & Romano-British Finds, Rainsborough Hillfort (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Dec 6 2024 12:10PM

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