Askern History
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Archaeology at Sutton Common<br />
The nature of the local terrain led to the creation of an early Iron Age fort/enclosure at Sutton<br />
Common which used the surrounding marsh land as part of its defence. Excavations have<br />
discovered few remains of habitation so it may have been a symbolic or pagan religious<br />
enclosure (like Stonehenge).<br />
The most recent excavation work was<br />
carried out between 1997-2003 by the<br />
University of Exeter (Dept of<br />
Archaeology) and Hull (Wetlands<br />
Archaeology & Environment Research<br />
Centre) funded by English Heritage,<br />
Carstairs Countryside Trust & others<br />
2002 view of <strong>Askern</strong> & Sutton Common, showing the excavation<br />
trenches and the smaller enclosure under arable cultivation<br />
<strong>History</strong>
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