Ham Hill is the largest hillfort in Britain, enclosing an area of over 88 hectares (ha). This compares with an area of 17.3ha at Maiden Castle, and 22.3ha at Hod Hill. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (no 100), and widely recognised as having regional, national and indeed international significance.
The hillfort has been the subject of a substantial amount of archaeological investigation, starting with late 19th century ad-hoc work, followed by examination of a late Roman Villa in 1907 and work by H St George Grey in the mid 1920s. This work was never adequately published, and part of the current scheme is to collate the notebooks stored at Taunton Museum and publish a monograph.
More recent work has been associated with the opening and expansion of Ham Hill quarry in 1983, 1991 and 1998.
This website was launched on 9th June 2011 and will be expanded to broadn the background and keep up to date with progress on the archaeology. Keep an eye on the blog, go to the Facebook page or follow the progress of the dig on twitter.
The Photos page shows albums of the latest activities going on at the site, and also collections of historic photos.
More at the project web site
http://www.hamhillfort.info
with thanks to caradoc68
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