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  • Excavated Iron Age Chariot Pieces Are 'Find of a Lifetime'

    10/14/2014 1:43:10 PM PDT · by dware · 19 replies
    NBC News ^ | 10.14.2014 | Stephanie Pappas
    More than 2,000 years ago, pieces of an Iron Age chariot were burnt and buried, perhaps as a religious offering. Now, archaeologists have discovered the bronze remains of this sacrifice. The remains were discovered at the Burrough Hill Iron Age Hillfort, a fortified hilltop structure that was once surrounded by farms and settlements, used most heavily between about 100 B.C. and A.D. 50.
  • Ancient Leicestershire hillfort to reveal ancient secrets [ Burrough Hill, near Melton Mowbray ]

    06/30/2011 4:48:50 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    AlphaGalileo ^ | June 26, 2011 | University of Leicester
    An ancient Leicestershire hillfort will reveal some of its historic secrets over the next month, as archaeologists from the University of Leicester welcome the public to visit the second season of major excavation of the site. Situated on the Jurassic scarp with commanding views of the surrounding countryside, Burrough Hill near Melton Mowbray is one of the most striking and frequently visited prehistoric monuments in central Britain. ... Trenches dug within the fort last summer revealed part of its stone defences, along with a cobbled road, a massive timber gateway and a 'guard' chamber built into the entrance rampart. This...