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West Norfolk and King's Lynn Archaeological Society presents their Winter Lecture Series.Non members welcome to attend, just pay on the door.
By Dr Andrew Hutchinson FSA
Sainsbury Lecturer in Archaeology
Sainsbury Centre, School Of History & Art History
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
University of East Anglia
Warham Camp archaeological excavations 2023, defining the Iron Age in North Norfolk.
Warham Camp is one of Norfolk's few 'hillforts' and consists of earthworks comprising two banks and two deep ditches. Hillforts have traditionally been thought of as defensive, though many would have been used in a variety of ways. Having been dug in 1914 by Harold St George Gray and in 1959 by Rainbird Clarke, the latest excavations at the camp focused on determining the date of this stunning site's construction and establishing what activities may have taken place within it.
The 2023 investigations involved digging 24 trenches inside the hillfort and three others within the defences to examine the inner ditch and the base of the earthwork's banks. Over 3,500 finds were discovered including animal bone, glass and worked flints and 1,405 sherds of pottery.
Unlike other 'developed' hillforts found in Southern England, such as Danebury (Hampshire) and Maiden Castle (Dorset), Warham Camp does not appear to have been intensively lived in during the Iron Age. Instead, the archaeology suggests that occupation was periodic and did not result in significant structures, such as large houses, being built. During the 3rd and 4th centuries AD some metalworking was taking place though, again, this did not require the creation of major buildings, showing the fort was reused as a base for industrial work at the end of the Roman period.
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Marriott's Warehouse, South Quay, PE30 5DT King's Lynn, United Kingdom, Marriotts Warehouse, South Quay, King's Lynn, PE30 5, United Kingdom
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