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<< Text Pages >> Hambledon Hillfort Spur Enclosure - Misc. Earthwork in England in Dorset

Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 February 2010  Page Views: 3122

Multi-periodSite Name: Hambledon Hillfort Spur Enclosure
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Misc. Earthwork

Map Ref: ST84351290
Latitude: 50.915348N  Longitude: 2.223991W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
5
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Misc. Earthwork in Dorset

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"A poorly preserved possible Neolithic cross dyke or enclosure on Hambledon Hill. The earthwork, previously thought to represent the earliest phase of the hillfort (UID 206234) is now generally regarded as being of possible Neolithic date. Roger Mercer's excavations in 1986, aimed at testing the Neolithic theory, did not produce any artefactual ar scientifically datable material from a primary context. The sharp V-shaped ditch profile was unlike other Neolithic ditches at Hambledon, but the technique of digging a series of interlinking pits is more indicative of a Neolithic date. The earthworks on Hambledon Hill were surveyed by RCHME in 1996. See the parent record (ST 81 SW 17) and the archive report for full details. The earthwork comprises a single slight bank and ditch, apparently similar in form to a cross-dyke, which runs in a gentle arc across the level top of the norther spur from west to east, and down its steep sides. It is clearly overlain by the Iron Age hillfort ramparts and may have continued to form a more complete enclosure rather than a cross-dyke. A 60 metre stretch on the west side is the best preserved. It can also be traced as a vestigial scarp on the eastern slope, but there it is also confused by a possible lynchet which also predates the hillfort. On the surface the ditch survives up to 4.5 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep. The bank is up to 8 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. Both features have been affected by probable post-medieval ploughing."

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ST8412 : Slipped earthworks, Hambledon Hill by Jim Champion
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Re: Hambledon Hillfort Spur Enclosure by CopterDrones on Saturday, 13 September 2014
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I made this for the National Trust who acquired Hambledon Hill earlier this years (2014)
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