Bronze Age hillfort.


The summit is crowned by an irregular oval enclosure measuring approximately 130m E-W and 100m N-S. Excavations have shown that the enclosure was defined by a rampart of earth and turf faced on the exterior by a wall with a shallow ditch outside. A series of postholes set at irregular angles in front of the ditch may have contained sharpened timber stakes inclined outwards forming a defensive work known as a 'chevaux de frise'.


The inner rampart encloses an oval space a maximum of 130m across. Within it are the remains of more than 70 roundhouses, from which Bronze Age pottery and radiocarbon dates have been gained. All of the buildings appear to respect the rampart, implying that this was built first.