Crickley Hill
Crickley Hill Complex
Early Neolithic to Iron Age (3700 BCE–500 BCE)·Neolithic farmers / Iron Age·🇬🇧 Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, United Kingdom
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About Crickley Hill
Crickley Hill in Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic to Iron Age (3700 BCE–500 BCE) hillfort attributed to Neolithic farmers / Iron Age culture. Detailed survey and excavation document architectural phasing. The site includes a principal feature and ancillary settlement or ceremonial elements.
Why it mattersKey Neolithic farmers / Iron Age site illustrating Early Neolithic to Iron Age (3700 BCE–500 BCE) hillfort traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Crickley Hill
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Neolithic farmers / Iron Age
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3700 BCE causewayed enclosure, fort 500 BCE
- Period
- Early Neolithic to Iron Age (3700 BCE–500 BCE)
- Culture
- Neolithic farmers / Iron Age
- Purpose
- Hilltop enclosure with Neolithic long mound and Iron Age hillfort destruction
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3700 BCE causewayed enclosure, fort 500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
51.8445° N · 2.0395° W · 101 m · 3 mapped features
- Crickley Hill — Principal FeaturestructurePrimary hillfort feature at Crickley Hill51.8453° N · 2.0387° W
- Crickley Hill — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary complex at Crickley Hill with settlement traces51.8438° N · 2.0401° W
- Crickley Hill — Outlierrock artOutlier alignment or rock art at Crickley Hill51.8456° N · 2.0405° W
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