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Summary

Sherds of iron age a pottery found in the rampart material of blackbury castle. Vis=estimated -/-/1952(fox, a. ) sherds of iron age b pottery were recovered from the underlying ground surface. The hut where post holes were found in 1953, was examined in 1954. A fire pit, 300mm in depth, yielded fragments of rough iron age b pottery, while decorated sherds of glastonbury type came from the overlying ash. From the ground level, below the main rampart of the fort, came material comparable to the first season's decorated iron age b pottery.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013425: Blackbury Castle hillfort

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19SE/47/3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Fox, A., Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV134482.

Sherds of iron age a pottery found in the rampart material of blackbury castle. Vis=estimated -/-/1952(fox, a. ) sherds of iron age b pottery were recovered from the underlying ground surface. The hut where post holes were found in 1953, was examined in 1954. A fire pit, 300mm in depth, yielded fragments of rough iron age b pottery, while decorated sherds of glastonbury type came from the overlying ash. From the ground level, below the main rampart of the fort, came material comparable to the first season's decorated iron age b pottery.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134483.

Fox, a. /tda/85(1953)171/twentieth report on archaeology and early history.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134484.

Fox, a. /tda/87(1955)322/twenty-second report on archaeology and early.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds

• FDV3499 - POT (Early Iron Age to Unknown - 700 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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