Английская Википедия:Huckhoe Settlement

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox ancient site Huckhoe Settlement is an archaeological site in Northumberland, England, near the village of Bolam and about Шаблон:Convert west of Morpeth. The site shows occupation, in at least four phases, dating from the early Iron Age (6th century BC) to the post-Roman period (6th century AD). It is a scheduled monument.[1]

Description

The site is on an oval promontory, steep on the north and west sides, above a tributary of the River Wansbeck. There is a low earth and stone bank forming an enclosure, Шаблон:Convert north-east to south-west by Шаблон:Convert north-west to south-east, with an entrance of width Шаблон:Convert on the east side, and slight traces inside of roundhouses and courtyard walls. This is thought to be a re-occupation in the Romano-British period, of an Iron Age defended settlement.[1][2]

The visible remains of the earlier settlement are two ramparts: the outer is Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert high on the south and east sides, with traces of an external ditch, about Шаблон:Convert outside the inner rampart.[1]

Excavation

There was excavation from 1955 to 1957. Traces of a palisaded enclosure were uncovered, consisting of three concentric palisades of oak.[1] A sample was radio-carbon dated to about 580 BC: the early Iron Age.[2] Similar palisaded hilltop enclosures have been found in north-east England and southern Scotland; they are the earliest type of defended settlement in the area. They indicate that there was much woodland here at that time.[1]

The excavation also found that it was probably an iron-working site during the Romano-British period, as iron slag and a probable iron-worker's hearth were found. There were also remains of rectangular buildings, interpreted as dating from the post-Roman period.[1]

Finds from the excavation included sherds of Romano-British pottery of the 2nd to 4th century, and sherds dating to the late 5th or early 6th century.[2]

Archaeological sites nearby

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