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Monument Number 398121
Hob Uid: 398121
Location : Greater London Authority Ealing Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ1620084400
Summary : Slight earthwork remains of a possible Iron age hillfort on Horsendon Hill; excavation found Mesolithic chippings, Iron Age pottery and a chariot lynch pin.
More information : [Centred at TQ 1620 8440] Horsadun Hill [Horsenden]. There were traces still of this hill having been rudely fortified at a very remote period, and was doubtless a stronghold. A few pieces of coarse pottery as well as some flint flakes have been found near the top. (1) "On the southern side of Horsendon Hill, slight traces of defensive works in two terraces may still be seen, like those made by ancient Britons". (2) Hill top settlement with some evidence of defensive banks and ditches on south and west. IA pottery from the badly eroded western slope and from trial excavations in that area, which have also yielded a chariot lynch pin of the same date and mesolithic flint chippings. (3)

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Source details : Middlesex in British, Roman and Saxon Times 1932 p7 (M. Sharpe)
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Source details : The Story of Willesden 1926 p21 (Simeon Potter)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : DOE(IAM) Record Form 17.5.76
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Mesolithic
Display Date : Mesolithic
Monument End Date : -4000
Monument Start Date : -10000
Monument Type : Flint Scatter
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Hillfort
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Iron Age
Component Monument Type : Hillfort
Object Type : CHARIOT, LINCH PIN, VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LO 141
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 18 SE 3
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Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1973-01-01
End Date : 1977-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1987-01-01
End Date : 1987-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1987-01-01
End Date : 1988-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1995-01-01
End Date : 1995-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 398121