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Chilworth Ring
Hob Uid: 230144
Location : Hampshire Test Valley Chilworth
Grid Ref : SU4135017000
Summary : Earthwork remains of a univallate circular enclosure, intepreted as an Iron Age hillfort.
More information : Chilworth Ring (OE) (SU 41351700). (1) Excavated by Miss D Liddle 1928. Nothing found. (2) Earthwork (TI). (3) Ancient Entrenchment (Centred at SU 41351700). (4) The camp lies on a level ridge of sand running nearly north and south. The shape is nearly circular with sides somewhat straightened to suit the ground. Rampart consists of a very uniform bank and ditch. The most original looking entrances are exactly along the line of the ridge just to the west of the north-east and southern corners and about 20 yards to the east of where the modern road mounts over the banks. (5) (Centred at SU 41351700). Excavated by Miss Dorothy Liddall FSA (Scot). in Aug 1928. finds from cutting through the bank and ditch on the N side were: rough chisel shaped chert implements and ten flakes, two rough cores and a finely worked flint fragment. Four other cuttings provided neither finds not evidence. Full report with So'ton University. Hants Field Club and Basingstoke Mus (See SU 31 NE 29) Scheduled Ancient Monument: threatened by building development. Age or purpose not known. (6) Class B. Hill-top Fortress.(7) A sub circular earthwork consisting of a bank and outer ditch, with two possible entrances, one in the NE; and another, now destroyed in the SE. The site occupies a poor defensive position, but is in a fair state of preservation, though tree covered. (8) A small univallate IA hillfort. It has been considerably mutilated by gardening in recent years and the ditch has been completely levelled on the north side. Published 1:1250 survey revised. (9) (SU 41351700) Chilworth Ring (NR) (10) No change. (11) SU 413 170. Chilworth Ring. Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 2.0ha. (12)

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Source details : OGSC Rec 6"
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Source details : N Cook 1949 Corr 6". Ref to Proc Hants FC,
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Source details : BAR 62 British Hill-Forts: An Index 1979 210 (AHA Hogg)
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Source details : J P Williams-Freeman. 'Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hampshire (1915) 368 with plan opp 368.
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Source details : P Hants FC 6 (1907-10) 344
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Source details : Proc Hants Fld Club & Arch Soc 10 (1926-30) 224 290
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Source details : F1 NVQ 29-AUG-53
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Univallate Hillfort
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HA 79
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 41 NW 17
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1928-01-01
End Date : 1928-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-08-29
End Date : 1953-08-29

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-08-28
End Date : 1969-08-28

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1983-01-17
End Date : 1983-01-17

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1992-01-01
End Date : 1992-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1993-12-31

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Chilworth Ring