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Monument Number 73547
Hob Uid: 73547
Location : Salford Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SJ6910093550
Summary : Cropmark of an Iron Age promontory fort. It was occupied in three phases during the period 500 BC to AD 200. During this period it possibly became an enclosed settlement containing stock pens and industrial sites.
More information : (SJ 69109356 centred). The cropmark of a small double-ditched enclosure was observed and photographed by NJ Higham in 1986. The ditches cut off a promontory of the 15m river terrace on the E side of the Glazebrook valley, the natural terrace escarpment being utilized as defence to the W and S. Excavations started in 1986 and have confirmed the ditches and revealed three circular structures and a number of pits, post settings and hearths in the interior. A quantity of Cheshire stony VCP - in production from the 5th c BC to the 1st c AD and RB coarseware pottery has been recovered. (1) The enclosure is under excavation by Mike Nevell of the Gtr Manchester Archaeol Unit. The function of the circular structures in the interior is as yet unclear but they do not appear to be huts. (2) Earthworks represent a 1 hectare bivallate promontory enclosure. The four circular structures so far identified appear to be a mixture of industrial compounds and stock pens. The 'Cheshire Stony VCP' found is so far the only attested Late Prehistoric pottery industry in the county. (3)

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Source details : Great Woolden Hall A settlement on the Fringes of the Wetlands (undated transcript) (R McNeil and M Nevell)
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Source details : F1 HMJ 28-JUN-88
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Source details : Greater Manchester Archaeological Journal 3 1987-8 pp35-44
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 18/10/1996
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Stock Enclosure, Industrial Site, Promontory Fort
Evidence : Cropmark, Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : ROMAN
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Stock Enclosure, Industrial Site, Enclosed Settlement
Evidence : Cropmark, Sub Surface Deposit, Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Stock Enclosure, Industrial Site, Enclosed Settlement
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 27594
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 69 SE 16
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1986-01-01
End Date : 1988-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1988-06-28
End Date : 1988-06-28

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 73547