This hill deserves a good day set aside and a picnic, as it is a fair hike and being a rarity in that its summit is meadow, not wooded, it’s well worth walking the entire hilltop as the panoramic views have a big WOW factor. One can see hazel and crab apple, and many springs at high level, giving an idea of local resources. Its position guarding the Lugg valley to the south, and as a halfway N-S border post, makes it a site of high importance on the cusp of the Iron age as the British prepared against threats from a war-torn and environmentally damaged Mediterranean.
The 2002 report: It does seem that there was a mix of building type at Croft. First defences were like its twin Pyon hill. The rectangular buildings, 7.8 ft x 6-12 ft, may have been granaries and storage, but there were also round buildings too. Some huts were rebuilt 6 times Over 600 years the SW and W gates were renewed 20 times. Pottery makes an appearance in the later stages, sourced from the Malverns (Hogg 1975).
Refs
Hogg A (1975) Hill forts of Britain. Hart-Davis, MacGibbon. London
SHE18473 - Unpublished Report: Ray, Keith and Tim Hoverd. 2003. Croft Castle Estate: An Archaeological Survey 2001-2002. Volume 1. Herefordshire Archaeology. 49.
SHE15928 - Unpublished Report: Ray, Keith and Tim Hoverd. 2003. Croft Castle Estate: An Archaeological Survey 2001-2002. Volume 2. Herefordshire Archaeology. 49.
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