Goosehill Camp | |
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Location | Bow Hill, West Sussex in West Sussex, England |
Coordinates | 50°54′25″N 0°49′19″W / 50.906957°N 0.821947°W |
Area | 1.665 hectares (4.11 acres) |
Built | Iron Age |
Reference no. | 246477[1] |
Goosehill Camp is a prehistoric earthwork that dates back to the Iron Age. It consists of two concentric banks and ditches. The inner enclosure has one entrance and surround two levelled hut sites.[2] Goosehill Camp is within the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, on the South Downs.[3]
Excavations
[edit]Goosehill Camp's first recorded excavation was carried out by J. R. Boyden. This excavation was carried out between 1953 and 1955.[2]
Post | Name |
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Site Director | J. R. Boyden |
Site Supervisor | Peter Tennant |
Site Supervisor | Frank Hawtin |
Site Assistants | Pupils from Bedales School |
Site Assistant | John Kenchenton |
Site Assistant | Mrs. Kenchenton |
Illustrator | C. H. Byrne |
Illustrator | F. Hawtin |
Illustrator | A. E. Sewell |
Advisor | Stuart Piggott C.B.E. |
Advisor | Dr. A. E. Wilson |
Advisor | A. H. Collins |
Advisor | G. P. Burstow F.S.A. |
Advisor | M. A. Burstow |
An excavation took place between 2008-2009 and was carried out by the University College London's Institute of Archaeology, under Mark Roberts. These excavations were complemented by a topographical survey and a magnetometry survey.
More recently, between 2014 and 2016 a field survey has been conducted, around Kingley Vale, by programme of volunteer based fieldwork, led under the guidance and support of professional archaeologists.[a]Goosehill Camp was included in the survey.[5]
See also
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Goosehill Camp". National Monuments Record. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Boyden, J. R. (1956). "Excavations at Goosehill Camp, 1953-5". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 94: 70–99. doi:10.5284/1085886.
- ^ Natural England (2010). "NE275: Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ Thorne, Alice; Bennett, Rebecca (2015). "Secrets of the High Woods" (Document). Midhurst: South Downs National Park Authority. p. 1.
- ^ Dodd, James (2016). "Report of volunteer fieldwork conducted in and around Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, West Sussex, by the 'Secrets of the High Woods' project, March 2015 & February 2016" (Document). Midhurst: South Downs National Park. p. 2.
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