Borough Hill is the site of two Iron Age hillforts. One is the fourth largest in the UK.
Borough Hill has been the site of human activity for many thousands of years. Its hilltop is legally protected as a Scheduled Monument which prohibits unauthorised digging and metal-detecting and preserves the site for future generations. Despite its prominent location, relatively little archaeological investigation has taken place to explore the historic hill and its monuments.
Now, thanks to an ongoing collaborative project between MOLA and C.L.A.S.P., Borough Hill’s story is finally being told. An aerial drone survey and complete geophysical survey was undertaken over the course of two years by a team of commercial and community archaeologists. This Storymap presents some of the findings of the surveys and tells some of the history of the hill.
Borough Hill is situated on the eastern edge of Daventry in Northamptonshire. Covering an area of 67 hectares, and measuring 1.5km from north to south, at its highest point, the hill is over 200m above sea level and rises at least 30 metres above the town below.
The high ground is formed of an outcrop of stone, part of the Northampton Sand Formation. These sand-, lime- and ironstone sedimentary bedrocks were formed approximately 170 to 174 million years ago in the Jurassic Period, when this area of Britain was still covered by shallow seas.
Zoom and drag to explore the topography of the area in the map to the right, or click to open a Sketchfab 3D model of the site.
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