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Goosehill Camp

Iron Age earthwork on the South Downs, UK

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Goosehill Camp is a prehistoric earthwork that dates back to the Iron Age. It consists of two concentric banks and ditches. The inner enclosure has one entrance and surround two levelled hut sites. Goosehill Camp is within the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, on the South Downs.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Boyden excavation

1953–1955

UCL excavations and surveys

2008–2009

Volunteer field survey

2014–2016

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Defensive Structures

Ditches
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Domestic and Habitation Structures

Houses
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Environmental and Natural Features

Landscaped Earthworks
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Country

United Kingdom

Coordinates

50.91° N, -0.82° E