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Martin Down Camp
Hob Uid: 214336
Location : Hampshire New Forest Martin
Grid Ref : SU0431020040
Summary : Earthwork remains of a Middle Bronze Age sub-rectangular enclosure reconstructed by Pitt Rivers; excavation uncovered evidence for Romano-British occupation of the site.
More information : (Centred at SU 04312004) Martin Down Camp (NR) (1) Pastoral enclosure of proved Bronze Age. (2) Martin Down Camp. Excavation by General Pitt-Rivers proved it Bronze Age, possibly an unfinished settlement (1). Excavated Nov 1895 - March 1896. BA with later RB occupation. (Article contains complete excavation report. Pottery found included Roman and RB ware. (3) Martin Down Camp. Characteristic type of LBA enclosure - formed of a complete or more or less incomplete (sic) square or oblong of single ditch and low bank. A 'boundary ditch' passes 500 ft east of the enclosure. Pitt-Rivers excavated 300 ft of its length and assigned it (from the stratified pottery) to the same LBA occupation as the enclosure. (Wilts 71 SW 13) LBA enclosure (2). (4) Martin Down Camp consists of a bank and outside ditch forming an almost compelte sub-rectangular enclosure. Only a portion of the NW side exists. The NE and SE sides are the best preserved and they are both pierced by 'entrances'. Only a part of the LBA boundary ditch to the east of the enclosure (see 4) can now be traced owing to ploughing. This ditch has been included with Wilts 71 SW/13 as being part of Grim's Ditch. (5) As described except that there appears to be an additional entrance in the south-west corner. Published 1:2500 revised. (6) Camp on Martin Down Scheduled No. 119 under 'Camps and Settlements'. (7) No change. 1:2500 Survey correct. (8) Enclosure and settlement, Martin Down Camp, Middle Bronze Age and Romano-British, lying on a site used in Beaker times. Roughly rectangular enclosure just over 0.6 ha area, defined by bank and external ditch. Excavated and reconstructed by Pitt-rivers in 1895-6. [Detailed account and plan]. (9-10) SU 04302004 Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction. Earthwork remains of a sub-rectangular enclosure with internal dimensions of c.90m (south-west to north-east) by 63m, the site as it stands is a reconstruction of Pitt Rivers. A gap of c.40m occursat the eastern end of the north side, which excavation showed to be original. There are two entrances; one c.5m wide in the eastern side and the other c.7m wide in the south side. The bank is up to 10m wide, has a maximum height of c1.5m above the bottom of the ditch and rises to a maximum of 0.7m above the interior. The ditch is up to 6m wide. The bank is reduced and the ditch infilled at the western side of the enclosure, the site of a recent field boundary. Excavation recovered Bronze Age and Romano-British finds, though most of the latter period's finds came from the ditch, rather than from the centre of the enclosure suggesting that the focus of the Romano-British settlement was to the north. (11)

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Source details : OS 6" 1926
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Source details : J P Williams-Freeman 'Field Archaeol as illustrated by Hampshire' p341
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Source details : DOE(IAM) List Anc Mons 2 1978
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Source details : F3 JGB 22-SEP-82
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduled Monument Notification
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Source details : Williams-Freeman 'Field Arch Hampshire' 1915 185-186 plan 382
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Source details : Proc Hants Field Club 14 1938-40 p142 (Hawkes)
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Source details : Proc Prehist Soc 8 1942 pp48-61 (C M Piggott)
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Source details : F1 RLBW 02-MAY-54
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Middle Bronze Age
Display Date : Middle Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -1200
Monument Start Date : -1600
Monument Type : Rectangular Enclosure
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Find

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Settlement
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Middle Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Rectangular Enclosure
Object Type : ANIMAL REMAINS, VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Settlement
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HA 119
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 24341
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 02 SW 30
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Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1895-01-01
End Date : 1896-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-05-02
End Date : 1954-05-02

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-06-30
End Date : 1969-06-30

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1982-09-22
End Date : 1982-09-22

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Martin Down Camp