entity · site_bi_south_cadbury
South Cadbury
Hilltop with unfortified later Bronze Age occupation preceding its Iron Age hillfort phases.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1200 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury — Historic EnglandRecords unfortified Later Bronze Age hilltop occupation with ovens, pottery and metalwork before Iron Age enclosure.
Locator: Details, Later Bronze Age and earliest Iron Age paragraphs; location
Research description
Ovens, pottery and metalwork indicate later Bronze Age occupation, but the major defensive works belong to later periods. Calling the Bronze Age phase a hillfort would project later architecture backward.
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury — Historic EnglandRecords unfortified Later Bronze Age hilltop occupation with ovens, pottery and metalwork before Iron Age enclosure.
Locator: Details, Later Bronze Age and earliest Iron Age paragraphs; location
Referenced records
- South-west England archaeological search region · entity
- Geography assertion for site_bi_south_cadbury · geography assertion