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The Breiddin Hillfort: a later prehistoric settlement in the Welsh Marches, by Chris Musson - Review 1994

Archaeologia Cambrensis 143, 1994, pp. 274-6
Extensive rescue excavations were carried out from 1969 to 1976 by the Rescue Archaeology Group (RAG). These revealed a complex rampart sequence, a large number of circular and four-poster structures and a very wide range of artefacts, of Neolithic, late Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman date. Of particular interest were the waterlogged deposits in Buckbean Pond, which contained a remarkable collection of wooden artefacts in an Iron Age cistern. There is also some evidence for late Bronze Age metalworking....Read more
The Bronze Age rampart from the NE. In the foreground are three of the front row of paired post-holes. Archaeologia Cambrensis, Vol 163, 1994, pp. 274-276
Archaeologia Cambrensis, Vol 163, 1994, pp. 274-276 The Bronze Age rampart from the NE. In the foreground are three of the front row of paired post-holes. Plate 1: The Breiddin Hills from the east, from near Shrewsbury. The Breiddin Hillfort occupies the right-hand peak.
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