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Martin Down Enclosure
The Martin Down Enclosure is an archaeological site on Martin Down, near the village of Martin, in Hampshire, England. It is near the boundaries with Dorset and Wiltshire. The site is a scheduled monument, and it is one of several archaeological features on Martin Down, such as Bokerley Dyke. The enclosure is the original example of a type of prehistoric feature, the "Martin Down style enclosure": they are small enclosures of the Bronze Age, area often less than , considered to be domestic settlements. They have mostly been found on downland of central southern England, usually situated on hillsides. Other examples are on Harrow Hill and Thundersbarrow Hill, both in West Sussex, South Lodge in Wiltshire, and on Shearplace Hill in Dorset. Description There was excavation by Augustus Pitt Rivers from November 1895 to March 1896. He excavated all of the bank and ditch, and about half of the interior; the present earthwork is his reconstruction. It was concluded that the site is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Down
Martin and Tidpit Downs is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Fordingbridge in Hampshire. Martin Down is a national nature reserve and an area of is a ''Nature Conservation Review'' site, Grade I. Bokerley Dyke, a prehistoric linear earthwork and scheduled monument, runs through the site. This site is rich in prehistoric earthworks, including Bokerley Dyke. It has chalk grassland, heath and scrub, with a rich herb flora. Sheep grazing is increasing the botanical quality of the grassland. There is an outstanding assemblage of butterflies, with 36 species recorded, including marbled white, dark green fritillary, silver-spotted skipper and Duke of Burgundy Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsbu .... References {{SSSIs Hampshire Sites of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrow Hill, West Sussex
Harrow Hill is an archaeological site in West Sussex, England. It is on the South Downs about north of the village of Angmering and north-west of Worthing. There is Neolithic flint mine, and a Martin Down style enclosure of the Bronze Age. The site is a scheduled monument. Description Flint mine The flint mine is on the crown of the hill, occupying about , there are about 245 mine shafts and pits. The shafts survive as circular hollows of diameter up to and depth ; there are spoil heaps of height up to . The southern part of the area, where there is hummocky ground, is thought to show a slightly different period of mining. A shaft was excavated in 1924–25: its width was and it was found to be deep. There had been some exploitation of upper levels of flint, and there were six radiating galleries at the bottom of the pit.Richard Wainwright. ''A guide to the Prehistoric Remains in Britain. Volume One: South and East''. Constable and Co, 1978. Page 242. Some galleries had e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeological Sites In Hampshire
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. It is usually considered an independent academic discipline, but may also be classified as part of anthropology (in North America – the four-field approach), history or geography. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is the study of fossil remains. Archaeology is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for which, by definition, there are no written records. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the advent o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wor Barrow
Wor Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow on Cranborne Chase, about east of Sixpenny Handley in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument. Its excavation by Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1893–1894 has been described as "an important event in the study of British archaeology".Richard Wainwright. ''A Guide to the Prehistoric Remains in Britain. Volume 1: South and East''. Constable, 1979. Page 133. Description There are many prehistoric remains on Cranborne Chase from the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. There are two bowl barrows nearby, and a group of round barrows at Oakley Down to the east: the presence of Wor Barrow may have been influential in their construction. The barrow, aligned north-west to south-east, dates from the Early to Middle Neolithic period, about 3400–2400 BC. It was originally long and wide; its height was about . A ditch surrounded the barrow, wide and up to deep. Excavation Augustus Pitt Rivers, inheritor of the Rushmore Estate, where he was resident from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodcutts Settlement
Woodcutts Settlement is an archaeological site of the late Iron Age and Romano-British period on Cranborne Chase, England. It is situated about north of the hamlet of Woodcutts, and about north-west of the village of Sixpenny Handley, in Dorset, near the boundary with Wiltshire. It is a scheduled monument. Description The site, on Woodcutts Common, has an area of about . There was probably a single farmstead here. Before excavation, there was a roughly circular enclosure, defined by a low bank with an external ditch, about in diameter. Within was a mound, two rectangular depressions and two circular hollows. Outside this enclosure were three smaller enclosures, and two trackways, about wide, leading away on the north-west and south-east sides. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotherley Down Settlement
Rotherley Down Settlement is an archaeological site of the late Iron Age and Romano-British period on Cranborne Chase, England. It is about south of Berwick St John, and north of Tollard Royal, in Wiltshire, near the boundary with Dorset. It is a scheduled monument. Description The site, on the brow of a hill at Rotherley Down, has an area of about . Augustus Pitt Rivers, inheritor of the Rushmore Estate, where he was resident from 1880, investigated many prehistoric monuments on his estate. He excavated the site at Rotherley Down from 1885 to 1886; what is seen today is his partial reconstruction. He erected a stone monument at the centre of the site, on which his findings are described. The site was found to be similar to Woodcutts Settlement, which he had excavated earlier. It was occupied from the first century BC to the third century AD. There is a large circular enclosure within a bank and ditch, with storage pits inside. Nearby are banks and ditches, indicating the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shearplace Hill Enclosure
The Shearplace Hill Enclosure is an archaeological site of the Bronze Age, about south-west of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument. Description It is a Martin Down style enclosure, named after the Bronze Age enclosure on Martin Down in Hampshire. Sites of this type, interpreted as domestic settlements, have mostly been found on downland of central southern England, usually situated on hillsides. The site, covering about , is on a north facing slope of Shearplace Hill, which overlooks to the west the valley of Sydling Water. There is a series of banks, height up to , and sunken trackways up to deep. There was excavation in 1958 by Philip Rahtz. He established that there was a farmstead of several enclosures, the principal enclosure containing two round houses; and that it was occupied from the Middle to Late Bronze Age, when it was abandoned. Finds included pottery of the Deverel–Rimbury culture, loom weights, flint scraper Scrape, scraper or scraping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Lodge Camp
South Lodge Camp is an archaeological site of the Bronze Age, about south-east of the village of Tollard Royal, in Wiltshire, England. The site is on Cranborne Chase, near the boundary with Dorset. It is a scheduled monument. Description The site is in Berwick St John parish, on a gentle west-facing slope above a dry valley. There is a Martin Down style enclosure (named after the enclosure at Martin Down, also on Cranborne Chase), and a cemetery of six round barrows nearby at Barrow Pleck. Excavations Augustus Pitt Rivers, inheritor of the Rushmore Estate, where he was resident from 1880, investigated many prehistoric monuments on his estate. He excavated the site at South Lodge: the barrow cemetery from 1880 to 1883, and the enclosure in 1893. He reconstructed the enclosure and barrows after excavation, and in the barrows he erected concrete plinths marking the location of cremations. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thundersbarrow Hill
Thundersbarrow Hill is an archaeological site in West Sussex, England. It is on a chalk ridge, aligned north-west to south-east, on the South Downs north of Shoreham-by-Sea. There is an Iron Age hillfort; also a bowl barrow and a Martin Down style enclosure of the Bronze Age; and traces of a Romano-British farming village. The site is a scheduled monument. Description There was some excavation in 1932 by E. C. Curwen, and in 1985 by D. Rudling. Hillfort The univallate fort, area about , is roughly circular; the east side has been much affected by ploughing, but the western side has a bank up to high. There was originally an outer ditch of width about , now filled in. There are entrances at the north and south-east. Analysis of pottery sherd In archaeology, a sherd, or more precisely, potsherd, is commonly a historic or prehistoric fragment of pottery, although the term is occasionally used to refer to fragments of stone and glass vessels, as well. Occasionally, a piece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downland
Downland, chalkland, chalk downs or just downs are areas of open chalk hills, such as the North Downs. This term is used to describe the characteristic landscape in southern England where chalk is exposed at the surface. The name "downs" is derived from the Old English word dun, meaning "hill". Distribution The largest area of downland in southern England is formed by Salisbury Plain, mainly in Wiltshire. To the southwest, downlands continue via Cranborne Chase into Dorset as the Dorset Downs and southwards through Hampshire as the Hampshire Downs onto the Isle of Wight. To the northeast, downlands continue along the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills through parts of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and into Cambridgeshire. To the east downlands are found north of the Weald in Surrey, Kent and part of Greater London, forming the North Downs. To the southeast the downlands continue into West Sussex and East Sussex as the South Downs. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire is the 9th-most populous county in England. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, located in the north of the county. The county is bordered by Dorset to the south-west, Wiltshire to the north-west, Berkshire to the north, Surrey to the north-east, and West Sussex to the south east. The county is geographically diverse, with upland rising to and mostly south-flowing rivers. There are areas of downland and marsh, and two national parks: the New Forest National Park, New Forest and part of the South Downs National Park, South Downs, which together cover 45 per cent of Hampshire. Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire's recorded history dates to Roman Britain, when its chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokerley Dyke
Bokerley Dyke (or Bokerley Ditch) is a linear earthwork long in Hampshire, between Woodyates and Martin. It is a Scheduled Monument. It is also spelt Bokerly Dyke. Bokerley Dyke was excavated by Augustus Pitt Rivers between 1888 and 1891 and by Philip Rahtz in advance of road widening in 1958. Bokerley Dyke may have originated in the Bronze Age or Early Iron Age and formed a political and cultural boundary.Bokerley Dyke , Pastscape It was cut through by a Roman Road ( running between and |
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