Defended settlement and Roman signal station 410m south of West Crindledikes - List Entry
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Description
....The monument includes a defended settlement of Iron Age date and a signal station of Roman date, situated in a prominent location on the northern edge of Barcombe Hill. The defended settlement is visible as a roughly oval enclosure, 95m north east to south west by 42m north west to south east, within an inner and outer bank and a ditch. The stone and earth inner bank is up to 2m wide and is best preserved on the south and eastern sides. The surrounding ditch is on average 6m wide and 1m deep. Outside of the ditch there is a second bank on average 3m wide and standing to a maximum of 0.6m high where it is best preserved on the south side. The northern side of the enclosure has been disturbed by a series of quarry holes thought to be Roman in date and associated with the construction of Hadrian's Wall. Within the north west corner of the enclosure there are the well preserved remains of a turf-built Roman signal station, visible as a roughly rectangular enclosure with rounded corners, 17m east to west by 13m north to south and standing to a maximum height of 0.8m. It is surrounded by a broad ditch on average 3m wide..... -
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Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018536
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