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Submitted by bec-zog on Wednesday, 31 May 2006  Page Views: 18608

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Galley Hill (Streatley)
Country: England County: Bedfordshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Luton  Nearest Village: Streatley
Map Ref: TL092270  Landranger Map Number: 166
Latitude: 51.930811N  Longitude: 0.413189W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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JohnLindsay visited on 20th Mar 2016 Starting from where the Old Bedford Road runs out, to become a path, or from the 25 bus stop near Weydown, a short walk takes you into the Galley And Warden Nature reserve, which doesn't appear to tell you anything about the archaeology This might though http://www.archaeologyuk.org/cbasm/index_htm_files/VOLUME%2009.PDF Now I've found Dyer, Barrows of the Chilterns, Arch 116, which is on ADS and found by author Dyer. The Galley Hills is only one group of the lot he mentions. I don't think I want to add this reference to all the others. How one does collections like this is a general matter. There are more articles after 1959 by him but Arch.J. is available only until v120 at present for public access. You need to be a member of RAI for later issues access. There is a complete set in the SAL library, which membership of the RAI allows access. There is another Galley Hill, in Sandy, for which there seems to be less literature. can't be sure of the accuracy of the pdf locator, but it is vol 9. I'm not sure of the reference next to the photograph in the site entry, which I didn't notice earlier, but the Beds.Arch started in 1962. There is an article by Dyer in the first edition, on Barton, which I think is a different matter. The Barton one comes up again in issue 19. This, 1974, is the only one to appear in BIAB. I've cracked the reference matter, it is Beds Arch J. v.2., 1964, 16ff and part of a longer article dealing with Waulud's Bank, Five Knolls too. So he has Arch J. 116. this, and BAJ 9. plus there might be some more. This is becoming untidy bibliography.

Galley Hill (Streatley)
Galley Hill (Streatley) submitted by bec-zog : Galley Hill : Neolithic to Roman (& medieval ) TL092270 4 Barrows location is near Iron age Boundary Drays Ditches (TL075266 to 090265) Ref James Dyer: Beds. Arch. Jornal. 1961 p116. (1st excavation by my school's Arch. society 1951) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrows and Hill Fort in Bedfordshire. Galley Hill was in use from the Neolithic to the Roman period (& medieval ) Four Barrows are located near the Iron Age Boundary of Drays Ditches

(TL075266 to 090265) Ref James Dyer: Beds. Arch. Jornal. 1961 p116. (1st excavation by my school's Arch. society 1951)

Note: RSPB and EH excavate iron age fort at Sandy, see comment
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[No Subject] by coldrum on Monday, 30 August 2010
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Pastscape:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=359536

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1316136

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Re: RSPB excavates iron age fort at Sandy by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 July 2007
The posts on this page contain a serious error.

The Galley Hill on the northern edge of Luton (the photograph and the grid reference are correct) is NOT the Galley Hill in Sandy, 10-15 miles to the north.

The RSPB are not involved with the management of this Galley Hill.
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Re: Galley Hill by Anonymous on Wednesday, 31 May 2006
An archaeological dig is to take place to discover what Sandy's ancestors were doing more than 2,000 years ago. The dig will be at the Galley Hill Fort on the RSPB reserve at Sandy, an area that has never been opened to the public.

The reasons behind the dig - to be carried out by archaeologists from English Heritage, which is helping fund the £12,000 project - were revealed for the first time this week by RSPB site manager Peter Bradley.

The land where the fort sits was purchased by the RSPB from a shooting club and the Forestry Commission several years ago but even its existence has remained a mystery with few people even knowing it is there.

Deep core samples will be taken from the site and taken away for analysis by heritage scientists. It is also hoped that during the dig artefacts and bones might be found on the remote fort which could one day provide an exhibition at the RSPB site to reflect its historic past.

"It is exciting to think we might uncover something very interesting at Galley Hill Fort," said Mr Bradley. "We are digging into the unknown if you like. The fort lies on a promontory at the end of a sandy ridge and would have been a formidable place.

"It is a scheduled ancient monument and has ditches and banks around it and it is thought it could have been used as a place to go if people were under attack. It could also have some religious significance.

"We just don't know what it was used for which is why we are doing the archaeological dig and hopefully all the fort's secrets might be revealed."

Galley Hill Fort is known to have been there before Roman times which were around 200 to 300 AD with the site possibly being 2,500 to 7,000 years old.

Flint arrow heads, scrapers and axe heads have already been discovered in the area.

Following the dig, the site where the hill fort lies will be open to the public as part of the RSPB's nature trail.

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Galley Hill - Iron Age Hill Fort Guided Walk by Andy B on Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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Find out more about The Lodge's ancient ancestors with RSPB historian, Derek Niemann. Bring a torch.
Meeting place
Gatehouse/shop, RSPB The Lodge nature reserve, Sandy
Time
7 - 9 pm
Prices (where known)
£3 Plus reserve entrance fee for non-members
Address/Directions
The reserve is situated on the B1042 road, between Sandy and Potton.
Contact
The Lodge shop
Telephone: 01767 680541
Dates
29 June 2006


http://www.rspb.org.uk/england/central/events/index.asp?id=tcm:5-99339
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'Green' light for RSPB heathland vision by Andy B on Wednesday, 31 May 2006
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An exciting project to recreate a large area of heathland at the RSPB's headquarters near Sandy, Bedfordshire, has been given the 'green' light.

The Forestry Commission has given the go ahead for the RSPB to remove large areas of an old conifer plantation that is smothering the nature reserve's wildlife.

The good news follows more than a year of consultation and includes changes agreed through positive discussions with the community and residents of the adjacent Stratford Road.

An area of conifers equal to around 50 football pitches will be felled from late November.

Few plants can grow beneath the stifling dark canopy and there is little food for insects and birds in the conifer plantation. It is a poor home for wildlife.

Heathland, in contrast, is a landscape of open vistas where clouds of purple heather, wild flowers and golden gorse thickets attract insects, reptiles, birds and mammals.

Over several years, the RSPB will replace sterile pine needles on the ground with wild heather, gorse and native grasses.
'Heathland is amazing - it attracts a wonderful array of butterflies, insects, flowers and birds.'

Nightjars, woodlarks, small copper butterflies and tiger beetles are just some of the scarce and unusual wildlife that should be attracted to the site once heathland is restored.

More than 1.5 miles of footpaths will be opened, gradually, for people to enjoy and in a couple of years, visitors will have access to the site's iron age hill fort at Galley Hill, one of the finest examples in England.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/england/central/cons_action/lodgeheath.asp
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RSPB excavates iron age fort at Sandy by Anonymous on Wednesday, 31 May 2006
Digging for secrets

Excavations to try and unearth buried secrets of an Iron Age fort began at a Sandy nature reserve this week.

Archaeologists are carrying out a one-week dig on Sandy Warren's Galley Hill Fort in a joint project between English Heritage and the RSPB.

It is hoped the £12,000 project will shed light on who lived there and what the area, believed to date back to 250BC, was used for.

Peter Bradley, RSPB site manager, said: "The reason for the work is, as far as we know, it has never been dug in the past and we would like to know more about it, particularly for when it is opened up to the public in a couple of years' time.

"The idea is it would be seen from a very long way away by other tribes. It could have been defensive or a market place, or where people lived. We don't know yet what use this fort had."

A JCB digger is being used to excavate the banks and bore holes will be dug to uncover any remains.

http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=182&ArticleID=1529221
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Re: Galley Hill by bec-zog on Thursday, 14 August 2003
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Excavated in 1950's
See James Dyer's books for details.
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Excavations in Bedfordshire, Beds Archeological Journals: documentation.

Finds & records in Luton musem

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