Bury Hill, Hampshire
Bury Hill (also called Bury Hill Camp ) is a large, almost round hill fort from the Iron Age . It is located at Anna Valley about 1.5 miles southwest of Andover , in Hampshire , England . It is not to be confused with: Bury Hill Camp (Purton) , Bury Hill Camp (Winterbourne) and Bury Hill (Oxfordshire) .
The Hillfort was built in two stages. First a low wall and a moat were created, which enclosed about 9.8 hectares. They were located north and west of the later, stronger double wall and trench structure, which was only 4.75 hectares in size and partly above the early earthwork. Excavations have shown that the older trench was about 3.5 m deep with a flat bottom about 0.75 m wide at the bottom and 6.1 m wide at the top. The wooded ramparts and moat are in good condition. A footpath on the inner wall surrounds the hill fortress. The center is inaccessible to the public.
The facility was partially excavated in 1939 and 1990, and geophysical surveys were carried out in 1990 and 1997. These indicated that the remains of the settlement inside the hill fort were preserved. These include paths that traversed the interior, several large pits, animal burials, and a chariot grave. It is believed that the first enclosure was built between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC. And the later between the 2nd and 1st century BC. The site was used until Roman times and is said to have been used as a camp by Canute the Great in 1016 when he fought against Edmund Ironside .
literature
- J. Dyer: Hillforts of England and Wales . 1999, ISBN 0747801800
- James Forde-Johnston: Hillforts of the Iron Age in England and Wales. A Survey of the Surface Evidence. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 1976, ISBN 0-85323-381-0 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 11'24.1 " N , 1 ° 30'24.6" W.