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Multi-periodSite Name: Hambledon Hillfort Spur EnclosureCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Misc. Earthwork
Map Ref: ST84351290
Latitude: 50.915348N Longitude: 2.223991W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Details from Pastscape:
"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."
Source: Pastscape
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