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Portingbury Hills
51.8614° N, 0.2243° E
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Portingbury Hills (grid reference TL5320) or Portingbury Rings is a hill in Hatfield Forest, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, United Kingdom.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
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Radiocarbon dating of ditch
prior to 395 to 205 cal BC
18th century observation
early 18th century
Excavations
1964–1965
Archaeoastronomy proposal
1975
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