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Brittain, M., Evans, C., Sharples, N. M. and Slater, A. (2012).
Excavations at Ham Hill, Somerset, 2011
. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1021188.
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Excavations at Ham Hill, Somerset, 2011
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This is the first of a three-year excavation over Britain's largest hillfort at Ham Hill, Somerset, in advance of a quarry extension for the extraction of Ham Stone. The project is led by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit and the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cardiff. Geophysical survey over the extraction area identified a large rectilinear enclosure, co-axial ditch system, areas of pitting and two circular anomalies, all confirmed during evaluation to be prehistoric in date. In 2011 the first phase of open area excavation targeted two swathes over the extraction area (Areas 1 and 4). This exposed features and deposits of Bronze Age to Medieval date, with surface (sub-soil) finds covering all periods from the later Mesolithic to the present. Main features include: Coaxial field system (Bronze Age or Early Iron Age?), including a fragmented stone macehead; a penannular gulley (diam. 12m), 66 pits (with two main clusters), part of the rectilinear enclosure with a southwest entrance, and various associated ditches forming a 'way' (Mid-Late Iron Age). Associated finds include 3 articulated or partially articulated skeletons in the enclosure ditch; 155 items of metalwork, with two coin silver staters, a lump of gold, an iron currency bar, tyre, latch lifter, bridle bit, spearhead, socketed knife and toothed saw; worked bone including a knife handle and cheekpiece; Glastonbury Ware pottery. Environmental finds included quantities of black mustard grain. Later ditches were of a possible ?Medieval date.
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Author:
M. Brittain
C Evans
Niall M Sharples
Adam Slater
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Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Somerset HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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2012
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Locations:
Site:
Ham Hill
Parish:
MONTACUTE
District:
South Somerset
County:
Somerset
Country:
England
Location - Auto Detected:
Ham Hill Somerset
Location - Auto Detected:
Ham Stone
Grid Reference: 348326, 116090 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods
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Subjects / Periods:
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
Ecofact (Find)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
Fauna (Find)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
Gold (Find)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
HUMAN REMAINS
(Object England)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
Iron (Find)
NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
POLISHED AXEHEAD
(Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
SHERD
(Object England)
LATE BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
SHERD
(Object England)
LATE IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
SHERD
(Object England)
NEOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
SHERD
(Object England)
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
SHERD
(Object England)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
QUERN
(Object England)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
Silver Coin (Find)
BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
Stone Macehead (Find)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
Worked Bone (Find)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
DITCH
(Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
DITCH
(Monument Type England)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
ENCLOSURE
(Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
FIELD SYSTEM
(Monument Type England)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
HILLFORT
(Monument Type England)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
PIT
(Monument Type England)
IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC)
(Monument Type England)
Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal)
Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
Early Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id:
cambridg3-129935
OBIB:
CAU Report No.1101
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Divided into four main sections: Introduction, Excavation Results, Discussion, Appendices 121 pages; 24 figures; 36 tables
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25 Nov 2016