SNN108365 - An Archaeological Survey of the Hunsbury Hillfort Defences
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| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Title | An Archaeological Survey of the Hunsbury Hillfort Defences |
| Author/Originator | Jackson, D. & Tingle, M. |
| Date/Year | 2012 |
Abstract/Summary
This project sought to assess the condition of the earthworks at Hunsbury, establish the extent of archaeological survival within the ramparts and examined a previously recorded external ditch. Three geophysical surveys were commissioned which were followed by small scale trial excavations. These demonstrated that the quarrying within the interior in the 19th century had left a smalll but significant area intact which was larger than previously imagined. It also showed that the hillfort had a vitrified rampart, a comparative rarity in England, and confirmed the existence of a substantial but incomplete and undated outer ditch
External Links (1)
- https://doi.org/10.5284/1083418 (Link to article on ADS)
Description
p. 109 - 134
Location
NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library
Referenced Monuments (16)
- 6250/1/1 Camp Pit (Monument)
- 1677/1 Hillfort defences (Monument)
- 1677/1/8 Hillfort rampart (Monument)
- 1677/1/5 Hillfort rampart (Monument)
- 1677/1/6 Hillfort rampart (Monument)
- 1677/1/7 Hillfort rampart (Monument)
- 1677/1/1 Hunsbury hillfort ramparts (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
- 1677/0/10 Iron Age storage pit (Monument)
- 1677/0/5 Possible Iron Age features (Monument)
- 1677/0/8 Possible Iron Age features (Monument)
- 1677/0/11 Possible Iron Age features (Monument)
- 1677/0/4 Possible Iron Age pits (Monument)
- 1677/0/6 Possible Iron Age pits (Monument)
- 1677/0/9 Possible Iron Age quarry pit (Monument)
- 1677/0/7 Possible Iron Age round houses (Monument)
- 1677/1/2 Possible outer ditch of hillfort (Monument)
Referenced Events (7)
- ENN106034 Hunsbury Hillfort, 2000-11 (Geophysical survey)
- ENN106032 Hunsbury Hillfort, 2004 (Geophysical survey)
- ENN106100 Hunsbury Hillfort, 2004 (Geophysical survey)
- ENN106033 Hunsbury Hillfort, 2004 (Trial trench)
- ENN106035 Hunsbury Hillfort, 2005-6 (Trial trench)
- ENN106030 Hunsbury Hillfort, 2007 (Trial trench)
- ENN106031 Hunsbury Hillfort, 2011 (Trial trench)
Record last edited
Nov 19 2020 11:41AM
