Goosehill Camp

Goosehill Camp
Location Bow Hill in West Sussex, England
Coordinates 50°54′25″N 0°49′19″W / 50.906957°N 0.821947°W / 50.906957; -0.821947Coordinates: 50°54′25″N 0°49′19″W / 50.906957°N 0.821947°W / 50.906957; -0.821947
Area 1.665 hectares (4.11 acres)
Built Iron Age
Reference no. 246477[1]
Location of Goosehill Camp

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

Goosehill Camp's first recorded excavation was carried out by J. R. Boyden. This excavation was carried out between 1953 and 1955.[4]

1950s Excavation team[5]
Post Name
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

The most recent 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.

See also

References

  1. "Goosehill Camp". National Monuments Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. Boyden, J. R. (1956). "Excavations at Goosehill Camp, 1953-5". Sussex Archaeology Collection 94: 70–99.
  3. Natural England (2010). "NE275: Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  4. Boyden, J. R. (1956). "Excavations at Goosehill Camp, 1953-5". Sussex Archaeology Collection 94: 70–99.
  5. Boyden, J. R. (1956). "Excavations at Goosehill Camp, 1953-5". Sussex Archaeology Collection 94: 70–99.
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