Английская Википедия:Chalbury Hillfort

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox ancient site Chalbury Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort about Шаблон:Convert south-east of the village of Bincombe, in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.[1]

Description

The site is in a strategic position, Шаблон:Convert above sea level; Weymouth Bay is about Шаблон:Convert to the south. The hill is an outcrop of the Dorset Ridgeway.[2][3]

There is a single rampart in roughly a D-shape and an external ditch, enclosing about Шаблон:Convert. The rampart is about Шаблон:Convert above the interior for most of its length, and about Шаблон:Convert above the external ditch. There is a gap entrance in the south-east.[4][3]

There are medieval strip lynchets surrounding the fort, and running into the rampart on the north side.[3][1]

There are many circular depressions within the enclosure, and at least 20 are probably contemporary storage pits. Around the perimeter are at least 30 platforms, which are thought to be huts. Also within the enclosure are two Bronze Age bowl barrows, Шаблон:Convert in diameter and about Шаблон:Convert high.[3][1]

There is an interior quarry ditch behind the rampart north of the entrance, from which material was used to construct the fort.[4][3]

The site was excavated by Miss M. Whitley in 1939. The rampart was found to have limestone revetments. Apart from a few finds of the late Bronze Age and the Romano-British period, most of the finds showed two phases of occupation in the early Iron Age.[4][3]

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References

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Шаблон:Iron Age hillforts in England

  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:NHLE
  2. Prehistory of Sutton Poyntz Sutton Poyntz. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 'Hill-Forts', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 2, South east (London, 1970) pp483-501 British History Online. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. 4,0 4,1 4,2 Richard Wainwright. A Guide to the Prehistoric Remains in Britain. Volume 1: South and East. Constable, 1979. Page 110.