SNN108365 - An Archaeological Survey of the Hunsbury Hillfort Defences

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