An Itford Hill Style Settlement is a form of later Bronze Age settlement found in Southern England and named after the site of Itford Hill in East Sussex. It is a Monument Class Description defined by English Heritage as part of their Monuments Protection Programme. [1]
According to English Heritage's general description, these sites are formed of a number of enclosures which "generally take the form of a single low bank, which marks the perimeter of each enclosure". [2] Associations have been made between Itford Hill style sites and burial monuments located nearby. [3]
A number of examples occur on the South Downs of Sussex, the most notable being Itford Hill [4] and Black Patch, [5] both of which have been extensively excavated.
See also
Notes
- ^ The Itford Hill Style Settlement Monument Class Description page, from the Monuments Protection Programme website [1] Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Itford Hill Style Settlements: General Description". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ Holden 1972
- ^ Burstow and Holleyman 1957
- ^ Drewett 1982
References
- Burstow, G.P. and G.A. Holleyman (1957). "Late Bronze Age settlement on Itford Hill, Sussex". Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 23: 167–212. doi: 10.1017/S0079497X00016996. S2CID 164097390.
- Drewett, P. (1982). "Later Bronze Age downland economy and excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex". Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 48: 321–400. doi: 10.1017/S0079497X00008434. S2CID 131633818.
- Holden, E.W. (1972). "A Bronze Age cemetery-barrow on Itford Hill, Beddington, Sussex". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 110. doi: 10.5284/1085885.
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