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HHER Number:17901
Type of record:Monument
Name:CROPMARKS OF PITS, SOUTH OF WILBURY HILL, LETCHWORTH

Summary

Intensive pitting outside the hillfort

Grid Reference:TL 203 321
Map Sheet:TL23SW
Parish:North Hertfordshire (Non Civil Parish), North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • PIT (Unknown date)

Full description

An area of pits seen as cropmarks about 150m south of the hillfort [63] at Wilbury Hill, in the playing fields at Fearnhill School <1>; compare [17900], to the west.


Hunn, Jonathan R, 2002, An archaeological desk-based assessment on land at Fearnhill School, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, RNO 1315 (Report). SHT7670.


<1> Cox, Chris, 2008, ECML Hitchin Grade Separation: interpretation of aerial photographs for archaeology, RNO 2810 Plan 2 (Report). SHT9828.

Sources and further reading

---Report: Hunn, Jonathan R. 2002. An archaeological desk-based assessment on land at Fearnhill School, Letchworth, Hertfordshire. desk-based assessment. RNO 1315.
<1>Report: Cox, Chris. 2008. ECML Hitchin Grade Separation: interpretation of aerial photographs for archaeology. aerial photographic study. RNO 2810 Plan 2.

Related records

63Part of: HILLFORT, WILBURY HILL, LETCHWORTH (Monument)