Crickley Hill

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A Neolithic causewayed camp and Iron age hillfort in Gloucestershire, southwest England. The site was used for several centuries and the ditches and banks were refurbished several times. The final Neolithic phase had deeper quarry ditches and a rampart faced with drystone walling at the front and a timber stockade at the back and a wooden fence on the top. There were two gateways and evidence of burning and large numbers of flint arrowheads indicate that the site was attacked and burnt down around 1500 BC. There is also a stone circle erected in the Late Neolithic. The site was abandoned for nearly two millennia, when it was once again used for a defended settlement. Two phases of Iron Age occupation are represented, probably falling between 700-500 BC. The earlier phase was characterized by rectangular houses and square storage huts, while the second phase had one large round house, smaller round buildings, and more small square huts, perhaps granaries. The site was burned down again c 500 bc and never reoccupied.

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Neolithic causewayed camp and Iron Age hillfort in Gloucestershire, southwest England. The Neolithic site was used for several centuries and the ditches and banks were refurbished several times. The final Neolithic phase had deeper quarry ditches and a rampart faced with drystone walling at the front and a timber stockade at the back and a wooden fence on the top. This substantial defensive work was pierced by two gateways; evidence of burning and finds of many flint arrowheads indicate that the site was attacked and burnt down around 2500 bc. The site was abandoned for nearly two millennia, when it was once again used for a defended settlement. Two phases of Iron Age occupation are represented, probably falling between 700 and 500 bc. The site was defended by a substantial drystone wall and ditch, with a single entrance. The earlier phase was characterized by rectangular houses and square storage huts, while the second phase had one large round house, smaller round buildings and more small square huts, perhaps granaries. The site was burned down for the last time c500 bc and never reoccupied.

The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied

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