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Site name Blewburton Hill

Site number 1490

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8/700bc-100bc A hill fort which was initially a stockaded enclosure, then defended by a timber framed rampart (period 1), then abandoned for an interval, after which the area was enclosed by an unretained dump (period 2).

In Cutting E in the amalgamated Layers 2 and 3 was an almost complete human jaw, mixed in with the loose black soil of the rampart core which contained animal bones and pottery of Iron Age A type.

In Cutting F and from a burial pit cut through the bottom of the inner ditch came the mingled skeletons of a man, a horse and a dog. With them were found an iron adze, and a plain black burnished vessel, round-bodied and bead-rimmed. These remains were either buried there or entrapped after an unsuccessful assault, and belonged to the end of last phase, providing a terminus post quem for the collapse of the period 2 dump rampart. The human remains were incomplete and partially disarticulated, but the animal remains were complete. The human appeared to be astride the horse on interral. The site produced Iron Age A and AB pottery, the latter including bead rim bowls.

In Cutting G at the main ditch, the lower ditch fill contained some Iron Age sherds of decorated AB bowls and a human radius and ulna in association.

In Cutting J at the centre of and on the fort street surface were found parts of the skull and forearm of a small child (J18). Late AB type pottery was found elsewhere on this surface.

Remains/Period Y2

County Oxfordshire

Region SE

National grid square SU

X coordinate 544

Y coordinate 861

Bibliographic source Bradford 1942c, Collins 1947, 1953, Collins and Collins 1959, Harding 1976a, Avery 1993

Query

Site name	Blewburton Hill
Site number	1490
Burial codes	2003 2004 2009 2021 2024 2026 2028 2030 2035 2036 2042 2047 2051 2065 2075 2084 2092 2098 2101 2104 2108 2111 2126 2127 2128 2143 2153 2181
8/700bc-100bc	A hill fort which was initially a stockaded enclosure, then defended by a timber framed rampart (period 1), then abandoned for an interval, after which the area was enclosed by an unretained dump (period 2). In Cutting E in the amalgamated Layers 2 and 3 was an almost complete human jaw, mixed in with the loose black soil of the rampart core which contained animal bones and pottery of Iron Age A type. In Cutting F and from a burial pit cut through the bottom of the inner ditch came the mingled skeletons of a man, a horse and a dog. With them were found an iron adze, and a plain black burnished vessel, round-bodied and bead-rimmed. These remains were either buried there or entrapped after an unsuccessful assault, and belonged to the end of last phase, providing a terminus post quem for the collapse of the period 2 dump rampart. The human remains were incomplete and partially disarticulated, but the animal remains were complete. The human appeared to be astride the horse on interral. The site produced Iron Age A and AB pottery, the latter including bead rim bowls. In Cutting G at the main ditch, the lower ditch fill contained some Iron Age sherds of decorated AB bowls and a human radius and ulna in association. In Cutting J at the centre of and on the fort street surface were found parts of the skull and forearm of a small child (J18). Late AB type pottery was found elsewhere on this surface.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Oxfordshire
Region	SE
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	544
Y coordinate	861
Bibliographic source	Bradford 1942c, Collins 1947, 1953, Collins and Collins 1959, Harding 1976a, Avery 1993