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| HER Number: | 0010601000 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Summary: | Finds of Iron Age pottery suggest earthworks may be part of a hillfort. |
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| Grid Reference: | SP 6560 1389 |
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| Parish: | BRILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Monument Type(s):
- HILLFORT? (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- VESSEL (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status:
Public Access Information
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Full description
Dimensions - Radius 0150 Length 0120 m Height 0002
Plan Form - LINEAR
GOOD DEFENSIVE POSITION & IRON AGE POTTERY FINDS HAVE LED TO SPECULATION THAT BANK & DITCH ARE PART OF A HILLFORT (B8). FURTHER IA SHERDS FOUND DURING WATCHING BRIEF. CURVING ARC OF REMAINING EARTHWORK WOULD GIVE AN ENCLOSURE WITH DIAMETER OF C300M. (SUMARY OF EVIDENCE FOR HILLFORT)(B16).
Sources and further reading
| <8> | Verbal communication: MEF 1976(JULY) PERS COMM. |
| <9> | Verbal communication: MEF 1976(AUG) PERS COMM. |
| <10> | Verbal communication: MEF 1977(JULY) PERS COMM. |
| <11> | Verbal communication: MEF 1977(SEPT) PERS COMM. |
| <13> | Verbal communication: RODGER I & MEF 1980(JULY) PERS COMM (MR I RODGER OF BRILL). |
| <14> | Verbal communication: HURMAN BM 1980(FEB) PERS COMM. |
| <16> | Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1989. 'AN IRON AGE HILLFORT AT BRILL?', IN RECS OF BUCKS 31 PP27-32 & PL III-IV. Vol 31. |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
Related Monuments
Images
 Earthworks at Brill © Buckinghamshire County Council |  Brill church and possible medieval hunting lodge © Buckinghamshire County Council |
 Brill church and possible medieval hunting lodge © Buckinghamshire County Council |  Brill church and possible medieval hunting lodge © Buckinghamshire County Council |
 Brill church and possible medieval hunting lodge © Buckinghamshire County Council | |
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