Les Huguettes
The prehistoric site of Les Huguettes on the Channel Island of Alderney is a ring-shaped dry stone wall about 9 meters in diameter that enclosed a circular fire pit (dated to 490 BC using a collective sample of charcoal). The complex dates from the early Iron Age . It was excavated in the late 1960s by the Alderney Society and re - examined in 2013 by a research group at Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent . Today there is a golf course there.
During the excavation a considerable amount of pottery (including almost complete vessels), animal bones and some small finds such as bone forceps and loom weights were found. Everything indicates that the structure of the early Iron Age was associated with ceramic production in an open field fire. It is unclear whether other archaeological remains exist in the vicinity. The 2013 survey revealed nearby magnetic anomalies that may represent remains of other structures.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Birm-277, 2440 ± 100, Radiocarbon 15/1, 1973, 17
- ^ Radiocarbon 15/1, 1973, 17
Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '15 " N , 2 ° 10' 54.3" W.