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contrast, having targeted the mound, Stanford's plan (1974, 137) indicates that a considerable part of the floor of a stance situated beneath it was excavated and demonstrated that there had been successive phases of activity. Like the other platforms it was cut into the south facing slope and the quarried material was placed downhill as an apron. This, a circular, or rather D-shaped level platform (Stanford called it a terrace) 8.8m by 6.7m, stood proud of the surrounding area and on which a structure stood. Stanford considered it to be an open building, but although only two certain postholes were uncovered, it could equally be described as marking the floor of a hut, its floor protected from weathering, with what appears to be an eroded crescentic drip gully to the north of it. Assuming the entrance to have been at the front of the terrace, it faced southeast and set against the back of the structure was an irregular deposit of red clay, presumably derived from the Old Red Sandstone and which covered an area some 3m by 3m. Within this, but restricted to the eastern half, among an area with evidence of a series of fires, were 27 stake holes forming no easily discerned pattern, while a series of three pits lay across the front of the terrace. The whole area, including the gully, was covered to a greater or lesser extent with a layer of charcoal and it may be that at some stage the building caught fire. Much of it was found on the southern part of the platform and on the natural ground surface in front of the apron, which led Stanford to suggest that it had been swept there. Within the charcoal were flecks of cremated bone and fragments of perished animal bone along with an Iron Age brooch, four Romano-British brooches, and Romano-British potsherds. ©ENGLISH HERITAGE 31 36-2008
THE EARTHWORKS The earthworks (Fig 6 and frontispiece) can conveniently be considered in three main groups: a) those of the outer enclosure and features within it, b) the inner enclosure and features within it and, c) features on the northern slopes. In order to avoid confusion the multiple banks and ditches pertaining to each enclosure are separately described as having inner and outer components. Figure 6 Plan of earthworks with location of insets, Figures 7, 8, 10 and 13 and points of interest mentioned in the text. The outer enclosure Reaching from the escarpment edge in the west and extending to a narrow neck of land along the summit of the ridge in the east, the outer enclosure is marked by the crescentic ©ENGLISH HERITAGE 32 36-2008
Page 1 and 2: RESEARCH DEPARTMENT REPORT SERIES n
Page 4 and 5: SUMMARY Analytical survey and inves
Page 6 and 7: CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1 2. Topog
Page 8 and 9: 25. Photograph of earthwork feature
Page 10 and 11: INTRODUCTION Having visited Herefor
Page 12 and 13: Figure 1 Anthills in the interior o
Page 14 and 15: Figure 2 Location map. Croft Ambrey
Page 16 and 17: TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND DRAINAGE Th
Page 18 and 19: engraved hollow way leading to it f
Page 20 and 21: avine……the Aymestrey rock….di
Page 22 and 23: LANDSCAPE HISTORY Early description
Page 24 and 25: Despite its distance from the major
Page 26 and 27: obtained a lease of the lands from
Page 28 and 29: Figure 4 New map of Herefordshire b
Page 30 and 31: park' (Anon 1960), while other aven
Page 32 and 33: shows a footpath leading to a break
Page 34 and 35: quarry ditch as 'canal-like'. The R
Page 36 and 37: Excavations at the south-west entra
Page 38 and 39: Stanford observed that there was mo
Page 42 and 43: sweep of a bivallate bank and ditch
Page 44 and 45: way situated opposite a group of bu
Page 46 and 47: This latter is the central of three
Page 48 and 49: the circuit. The enclosed area is l
Page 50 and 51: 'extension' they cut the corner tak
Page 52 and 53: way leading to this and into the in
Page 54 and 55: A fourth, upper terrace can also be
Page 56 and 57: Westwards, several substantial cres
Page 58 and 59: DISCUSSION Stanford (1974, 17-25) p
Page 60 and 61: also for example, a feature of caus
Page 62 and 63: along its length. It is worth consi
Page 64 and 65: a clean, level floor of limestone b
Page 66 and 67: of the boundary earthwork was expla
Page 68 and 69: for wheeled vehicles to negotiate.
Page 70 and 71: site from elsewhere. This also occu
Page 72 and 73: The earthwork survey reveals that f
Page 74 and 75: Some of the smaller discontinuous p
Page 76 and 77: case of Danebury, where a large num
Page 78 and 79: While acknowledgement of the presen
Page 80 and 81: vertical escarpment. Nevertheless a
Page 82 and 83: The symbolic importance of such nat
Page 84 and 85: * * * The sharp profile, form and r
Page 86 and 87: that the 'cross-banks' (Fig 13 d) o
Page 88 and 89: Figure 26 Interpretation plot showi
Page 90 and 91:
primarily for deer management purpo
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CONCLUSIONS As one of the few exten
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REFERENCES Anon 1852 'Aymestrey' Tr
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London: F Cass Ellison, A and Drewe
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Naturalists Field Club 39, 31-39 Ta
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Figure 29 Numbered parkland trees.
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Unnumbered 2.3m NW fence line Unnum
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