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From Pastscape:
"An IA promontory fort of 1 1/2 acres defenced on the S and E by two lines of ramparts still surviving to a height of 7ft. An entrance occurs through both ramparts on the E side, the inner being inturned. Excavation has shown the site to have two structural phases. The earlier consists of the inner rampart, 20ft thick and probably originally 10ft or more in height, revetted with stone on both faces and timber laced internally; and an outer bank of sand revetted with stone externally. In the second phase this outer bank was remodelled and increased in width.
A grey flint blade, retouched along one edge was found by the father of Milton Trippier, Hesketh Bank, Lancashire, at Maiden Castle Bickerton in 1941-3. Now in private possession.
Excavation in 1980/1 necessitated by erosion of the outer rampart -this was subsequently found to be via an original, smaller, entrance to the fort. Samples were collected for C14 dating from the burnt interlacing of the rampart: tests on in situ timbers produced a thermoluminescence date oc c2000, firmly placing it in the Iron Age. Full report forthcoming."
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=68844
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