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Excavations at Eldon's Seat, Encombe, Dorset

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2014

Barry Cunliffe  and
D. W. Phillipson
Barry Cunliffe
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
D. W. Phillipson
Affiliation:
National Museums Commission, Livingstone, Zambia
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The site at Eldon's Seat (fig. 1) lies on the side of a shallow valley cut into the Kimmeridge clay bedrock. Occupation began probably in the 7th century B.C. or earlier, at a time when the ceramic assemblage was based upon Late Bronze Age traditions, and continued with interruptions until the 2nd century A.D. Three major periods have been isolated: during period I (Late Bronze Age style pottery) and period II (haematite-coated ware) a series of circular huts were built against the downhill side of a sporadically growing lynchet. The huts were occupied by farming communities who were also engaged in making armlets from the local Kimmeridge shale. Period III buildings have not been identified in the excavated area, but Durotrigan and Roman pottery, which typifies this phase, has been recovered from the uppermost layers of the lynchet.

The finds from the excavations will be deposited in the Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, Dorset.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 34 , February 1969 , pp. 191 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1969

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