Danebury Camp

DTM- (Digital Terrain Model, i.e. No buildings or foliage) Just to the northeast of Nether Wallop, Them: “Where do you live?” Me: “Nether Wallop”. Them: “Brilliant…” …lies the contour hillfort, Danebury Camp. This is the most researched hillfort in Britain. It has had no less than 20 seasons of excavation. Bear in mind that little was known about hillforts until the late 19th century as their original purpose was long forgotten. When it was established what they were, archaeologists went ‘full Indiana Jones’ and excavated around 80 in the following twenty years. 1st phase of occupation 600 BC. Site abandoned circa 100BC after a fire. Reoccupied just before the Roman occupation as a single farm. Sporadic Roman use. Early medieval pottery finds. Later use as a rabbit warren then abandoned again in the 17th century. There are so many finds listed that you can look them up instead : ) Interestingly a meteorite (The Danebury Meteorite) was found during the investigation of a grain pit on the site. As it was found between layers of infill the conclusion was that it fell directly in there! I kept the hill in frame south of Danebury Camp as the LiDAR tile is missing data directly above the Camp and it looks like there are traces of terraces on that southern hill (now a farm), but it could be geology. If you look at the surrounding area on Google Maps yourself, you can see lots of tantalising rectangular & linear features in the dried-out fields to the south & northeast. Iron Age tribal association (conjecture based on location): Belgae or Regni. (Scheduled monuments)