| Abstract: |
Four phases of Iron Age occupation of the hillfort were followed by a brief Roman occupation. The EIA sequence was recovered by means of one and a half sections through the ramparts and excavation of a gateway; huts, pits and other features were also examined. Period I saw the erection of the first defences, in association with Iron Age pottery. Reconstruction in Period IIA was done by people who used Southern Second B pottery and currency bars. Southern Third B elements then appeared and the strengthened defences of Period IIB may be associated with them. Major reconstruction followed in Period III (Iron C material, bronze coinage and contacts with Dobunni and Iceni). For the Roman fort a fairly detailed reconstruction of the plan of the interior is presented and a maximum life of AD 43-51 suggested. Specialist reports treat the Celtic coins, currency bars, EIA pottery, Roman coins, samian and coarse wares, small finds, as well as human and animal bones and environmental material. For review, see Antiquity, 42, 1968, 149-50. |
