Hambledon Hill, Child Okeford, Hanford and Iwerne Courtney or Shroton, Dorset: request survey, June-September 1996
Author(s): A Oswald, Peter Topping
In 1996 the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) undertook an archaeological survey of Hambledon Hill in Dorset. The fieldwork revealed significant new information about the extent and form of the Neolithic causewayed enclosure complex (National Monuments Record number ST 81 SW 17) and added a wealth of new detail about the impressive Iron Age hillfort (ST 81 SW 10) and its associated landscape. The earthworks recorded in the interior of the hillfort are particularly important, indicating a complex 'town plan' which is exceptionally well-preserved. Medieval and later remains around the hill were also recorded. As part of the survey, the history of archaeological investigation on the site was reviewed, and drawings from the previously unpublished excavations carried out in 1958-60 by Desmond Bonney of RCHME were prepared for publication. The new survey was undertaken both as part of RCHME's national project to record Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic Period, and in response to a request from English Heritage for an accurate record of the Iron Age hillfort, on which to base future management of the monument.
- Report Number:
- 129/1996
- Series:
- RCHME
- Pages:
- 97
- Keywords:
- Bronze Age Iron Age Neolithic Prehistoric Survey Analytical Landscape Survey Barrow Earthwork Causewayed Enclosure Cross Dyke Hillfort
