22:
166:
39:
241:. The reason for their emergence in Britain, and their purpose, has been a subject of debate. It has been argued that they could have been military sites constructed in response to invasion from continental Europe, sites built by invaders, or a military reaction to social tensions caused by an increasing population and consequent pressure on agriculture. The dominant view since the 1960s has been that the increasing use of iron led to social changes in Britain. Deposits of
173:
257:
believes that population increase still played a role and has stated " provided defensive possibilities for the community at those times when the stress burst out into open warfare. But I wouldn't see them as having been built because there was a state of war. They would be functional as defensive
222:
The site covers 0.84 hectares (2.1 acres). It some places the protective bank has been destroyed. In others it remains up to 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) high and has a 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) ditch below it.
253:
necessary to make bronze, and as a result trading patterns shifted and the old elites lost their economic and social status. Power passed into the hands of a new group of people. Archaeologist
258:
strongholds when there were tensions and undoubtedly some of them were attacked and destroyed, but this was not the only, or even the most significant, factor in their construction".
267:
494:
312:
65:
215:
in 2011. In 2012 it was announced that it was to undergo major repairs following damage by off road biking. It is close to the later
165:
407:
489:
446:
431:
484:
479:
287:
212:
397:
375:
399:
The Wessex
Hillforts Project: Extensive Survey of Hillfort Interiors in Central Southern England
21:
8:
341:
208:
120:
427:
403:
238:
204:
52:
237:
Hillforts developed in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, roughly the start of the
320:
367:
254:
38:
473:
80:
67:
216:
250:
194:
452:
288:"Hillfort on Roddenbury Hill, Selwood - 1008804 | Historic England"
242:
232:
200:
197:
108:
342:"Roddenbury Hillfort in Wiltshire to undergo major repairs"
246:
268:
List of hill forts and ancient settlements in
Somerset
396:
Payne, Andrew; Corney, Mark; Cunliffe, Barry (2007),
395:
471:
368:"Roddenbury Hillfort, Longleat Wood, Selwood"
360:
180:Location of Roddenbury Hillfort in Somerset
172:
426:, London: B. T. Batsford, pp. 71–72,
37:
25:The ditch and bank at Roddenbury Hillfort.
448:Time Team: Swords, skulls and strongholds
421:
245:were located in different places to the
20:
495:Scheduled monuments in Mendip District
472:
424:English Heritage Book of Maiden Castle
16:Iron Age hillfort in Somerset, England
372:Somerset Historic Environment Record
13:
14:
506:
171:
164:
402:, English Heritage, p. 1,
439:
415:
389:
334:
305:
280:
1:
313:"Hillfort on Roddenbury Hill"
273:
226:
7:
261:
131:Hillfort on Roddenbury Hill
10:
511:
490:Iron Age sites in Somerset
422:Sharples, Niall M (1991),
230:
213:Heritage at Risk Register
159:
155:
151:
143:
135:
127:
118:
114:
104:
100:0.84 hectares (2.1 acres)
96:
59:
48:
36:
31:
239:first millennium BC
376:Somerset County Council
485:Hill forts in Somerset
292:historicengland.org.uk
26:
231:Further information:
24:
81:51.19500°N 2.29111°W
480:History of Somerset
207:, England. It is a
191:Roddenbury Hillfort
77: /
32:Roddenbury Hillfort
211:and it was on the
209:Scheduled Monument
144:Reference no.
121:Scheduled monument
86:51.19500; -2.29111
27:
409:978-1-873592-85-4
205:Selwood, Somerset
203:in the parish of
188:
187:
53:Selwood, Somerset
502:
464:
463:
462:
460:
443:
437:
436:
419:
413:
412:
393:
387:
386:
384:
382:
364:
358:
357:
355:
353:
338:
332:
331:
329:
327:
321:English Heritage
317:Heritage at Risk
309:
303:
302:
300:
298:
284:
175:
174:
168:
92:
91:
89:
88:
87:
82:
78:
75:
74:
73:
70:
43:Plan of the site
41:
29:
28:
510:
509:
505:
504:
503:
501:
500:
499:
470:
469:
468:
467:
458:
456:
445:
444:
440:
434:
420:
416:
410:
394:
390:
380:
378:
366:
365:
361:
351:
349:
348:. 26 March 2012
340:
339:
335:
325:
323:
311:
310:
306:
296:
294:
286:
285:
281:
276:
264:
235:
229:
184:
183:
182:
181:
178:
177:
176:
123:
85:
83:
79:
76:
71:
68:
66:
64:
63:
44:
17:
12:
11:
5:
508:
498:
497:
492:
487:
482:
466:
465:
438:
432:
414:
408:
388:
359:
333:
304:
278:
277:
275:
272:
271:
270:
263:
260:
255:Barry Cunliffe
228:
225:
186:
185:
179:
170:
169:
163:
162:
161:
160:
157:
156:
153:
152:
149:
148:
145:
141:
140:
137:
133:
132:
129:
125:
124:
119:
116:
115:
112:
111:
106:
102:
101:
98:
94:
93:
61:
57:
56:
50:
46:
45:
42:
34:
33:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
507:
496:
493:
491:
488:
486:
483:
481:
478:
477:
475:
455:, 19 May 2008
454:
450:
449:
442:
435:
433:0-7134-6083-0
429:
425:
418:
411:
405:
401:
400:
392:
377:
373:
369:
363:
347:
343:
337:
322:
318:
314:
308:
293:
289:
283:
279:
269:
266:
265:
259:
256:
252:
248:
244:
240:
234:
224:
220:
218:
214:
210:
206:
202:
199:
196:
192:
167:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
128:Official name
126:
122:
117:
113:
110:
107:
103:
99:
95:
90:
62:
58:
54:
51:
47:
40:
35:
30:
23:
19:
459:16 September
457:, retrieved
447:
441:
423:
417:
398:
391:
379:. Retrieved
371:
362:
350:. Retrieved
345:
336:
324:. Retrieved
316:
307:
295:. Retrieved
291:
282:
236:
221:
217:Hales Castle
190:
189:
139:11 June 1976
18:
326:10 February
84: /
60:Coordinates
474:Categories
381:15 January
274:References
251:copper ore
227:Background
195:univallate
136:Designated
69:51°11′42″N
55:, England.
453:Channel 4
72:2°17′28″W
352:24 March
346:BBC News
297:24 March
262:See also
243:iron ore
233:Hillfort
201:hillfort
198:Iron Age
109:Iron Age
49:Location
147:1008804
430:
406:
193:is a
105:Built
461:2009
428:ISBN
404:ISBN
383:2011
354:2022
328:2011
299:2022
249:and
97:Area
247:tin
476::
451:,
374:.
370:.
344:.
319:.
315:.
290:.
219:.
385:.
356:.
330:.
301:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
