Fin cop
Fin Cop is a hill in the Peak District of the central English county of Derbyshire on which there is a hill fort from the Iron Age from 400 BC. Is located.
The Hillfort is 313 meters above sea level and overlooks the River Wye , which is 160 meters below, near the village of Ashford-in-the-Water . The east and south sides of the hill, which are not protected by a steep slope, are more strongly fortified than the west and north sides of the Cop, which slope steeply to the river.
The complex indicates that it was built in a hurry. In the past, British archaeologists had assumed that the more than three thousand known Hillforts only served as symbols of status and power. Fin Cop suggests that such facilities were also used for warlike purposes.
The excavation director of the Archeological Research Service (Archaeological Research Service) Clive Waddington said that in a five-meter wide and two meters deep trench the remains of the bodies of women, infants, a toddler and a teenager were found. In the so far uncovered trench of 10 meters in length, the dead were apparently buried separately from male corpses and covered with debris from the defensive position.
Web links
- 28 pages report 2009 (en.) (PDF; 2.7 MB)
- Fin Cop Desk-Based Assessment, June 2009 (en.) (PDF; 3.8 MB)
- Fin Cop Hillfort (en.)
- Datasheet
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 53 ° 14 ′ 9 ″ N , 1 ° 44 ′ 13 ″ W.