SNN108302 - Barby Hill Archaeological Project: Project Report, Year 1, 2011/12

The discovery of Iron Age round house circles on top of Barby Hill during repairs to a water reservoir suggested that this hilltop once housed what may have been a sizeable community. A major aim of the project was therefore to continue the initial work already done at Barby Hill, to assess and map the full extent of the archaeology on and around the hilltop. Work carried out in the initial period covered by this report included field walking, metal detection and geophysics survey, using volunteers from the local community assisted by experienced volunteers from the organisations CLASP and NARC. Initial results have established that the Iron Age settlement spread over at least 4ha, with no signs yet detected of the limits of occupation, and further evidence has been gathered of ongoing activity on the hill during the Roman period. Information has also been gained on the later development and usage of the hilltop in the early post-medieval period.