Settlements on Hill-tops: Seven Prehistoric Sites in
Suffolk
by Edward Martin
East Anglian Archaeology Volume 65
Suffolk County Planning Department 1993
75 pages, 43 figures, 8pls
This volume contains excavation reports for seven sites that all
share the characteristic of a hill-top location. Although the
hill-tops never exceed 50m OD in height and on average are only
30–40m higher than the adjoining valley bottoms, their elevated
position was clearly a significant factor in the siting of these
prehistoric settlements. The sites include a double-ditched Iron
Age enclosure at Barnham that is possibly
religious in function, analogous to the viereckschanzen of
the Continent; first millennium BC open settlements at
Barham and Framlingham; and
multi-period (Neolithic to Iron Age) occupation at
Martlesham and Great and Little
Bealings. The dating and typology of first millennium BC
pottery in East Anglia is also discussed in the light of the
material from these sites.
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