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<< Our Photo Pages >> Woodhouses - Hillfort in England in Cheshire
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Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 01 October 2009 Page Views: 6644
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England
Site Name: Woodhouses Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Helsby Nearest Village: Alvanley
Map Ref: SJ511757 Landranger Map Number: 117
Latitude: 53.276014N Longitude: 2.73478W
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Hillfort in Cheshire
This enclosures lies at the northern end of the Mid Cheshire Ridge at 137m above sea level in an area heavily overgrown with trees, bracken and shrubs . It is defended by a rampart to the north and east where the ground slopes more gently. Excavations in 1951 showed that the rampart was originally 4m high and revetted with stone on both sides. A number of small rounded stones, believed to be slingstones, have been found on the site.
References
D.M.Longley “Prehistory” in C.R.Elrington (ed) “The Victoria History of the County of Chester, volume 1, Oxford University Press (1987)
Note: See comment on archaeological dig at this site.
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 Woodhouses submitted by vicky
One of the ramparts at Woodhouses hillfort - see main site entry for further details.
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Re: Excavation on Iron Age hilllort in Cheshire (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Sunday, 11 July 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | he six Cheshire hillforts on the Sandstone Ridge display a diversity of size, shape and complexity. They range from the relatively small site at Maiden Castle, Bickerton (area c.0.7 ha) to the large forts at Eddisbury and Beeston (areas over 3.5 ha). Their defences likewise vary greatly from the single bank on the eastern side of Woodhouse to the double bank and ditches at Eddisbury. The function of these monuments varied over time as well. They appear to have been used for settlement on both a permanent and seasonal basis at various times, as storage centres for the wider community and as seasonal gathering places, perhaps for trade, exchange and religious activities.
During the 1st millennium BC not all people in Cheshire lived in these hilltop sites. The majority of the population lived in small defended farmsteads or unenclosed settlements located on the valley slopes. Such sites rarely survive in an above ground form today but aerial photography has recently revealed the evidence of lowland farmsteads around the Mersey and Bollin valleys in north Cheshire, as well as the Dee and Weaver valleys. These farmsteads seem to have been engaged in a mixed economy with evidence for both arable and pastoral farming.
By the late Iron Age (100 BC) some hillforts had been abandoned and were no longer in use. It is unclear when the hillforts on the Sandstone Ridge were abandoned, although in theory they may have continued in use, albeit intermittently until the Romano-British period. However archaeological evidence of activity at this time is only available from Beeston and Eddisbury.
http://www.habitatsandhillforts.co.uk/SandstoneRidge/hillforts.htm
SHORT FILM 'Whats below Woodhouse Hillfort'
http://media.cheshire.gov.uk/habitats/hillforts.wmv
Archaeological Evaluation Work at Woodhouse, Frodsham (July 2009)
http://www.habitatsandhillforts.co.uk/SandstoneRidge/Excavationinterimreportwoodhouse.htm | [ Reply to This ]
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Excavation on Iron Age hilllort in Cheshire (Score: 1)
by coldrum on Thursday, 01 October 2009
(User Info | Send a Message) | Habitats and Hillforts team members have carried out an archaeological
sample excavation on the Iron Age hill fort above Frodsham (Cheshire,
England) known as Woodhouse Hill. The aim was to provide information
to help future management of the site which is owned by the Woodland
Trust. The excavation served as a training opportunity for more than
40 local volunteers as well as students from Chester and Liverpool
universities. All involved were given training in basic archaeological
recording techniques under the supervision of professional
archaeologists.
Artefacts recovered from the work ranged in date from Neolithic
flint tools (4000 - 2000 BCE) to a glass bottle from about 1900.
Habitats and Hill Forts is a three year Heritage Lottery funded
landscape project focused on the mid-Cheshire Ridge and it is being
hosted by Cheshire West and Chester Council. Pictures and a summary of
the results of the work at Woodhouse Hill are available for viewing on
the Habitats and Hillforts website: http://www.habitatsandhillforts.co.uk.
The next investigatory archaeological excavation will be carried out
on Helsby Hill.
http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/78777/excavation-on-iron-age-fort.aspx | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Woodhouses (Score: 1)
by Vicky on Friday, 26 September 2003
(User Info | Send a Message) | | We went to visit the hillfort last weekend, but unfortunately it is completely overgrown with bracken at the moment so we will return in a few months once it has died back to take some photos. The easiest way to access the site is via the footpath to the east from Manley Road. This take you on a gently sloping walk through Snidley Moor wood - watch out if you've got kids as it gets very muddy and slippery in places. Ours little one was covered from head to toe when we got back to the car! | [ Reply to This ]
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