Warham camp from over field
The late iron age earthwork settlement is visible under the horizon line centre and left. See how the 'hill' to its right is just a little bit higher and how the term 'hill fort' was not a universal prescription. Almost certainly an Iceni structure and built within a meander of the river Stiffkey.
Probably quite late for an Iron age camp with at least 500 years of Iron age earthwork settlements prior to its potential construction date of around 2,200 ybp. This later date would put the construction around the time of the second Punic wars of 206 BC where Roman armies invaded southern Hispanic sites. Today's Spain would be converted into an administrative client state by 27 BC with France belittled in 125 BC. Mobile Celtic traders and spiritual leaders will have conveyed far away changes to regional leaders and thinkers. At the same time, 'Fifth column' Roman agitators (sold traders and voyagers) might have offered alternative takes on distant invasions. The extent to which Warham camp was built within this greater context needs to be measured before its archaeological specificities are imagined onto other older local Iron age camps. Evidence of a wooden fence and walkway were found in digs with these topping the inner bank and there is no doubt that the great effort would have had great defensive capacity.
There is an excellent Oxford Uni... site with the 4,000 hill forts from the British Isles :
The images are also worth scanning for hut circles and earthworks.
Warham camp from over field
The late iron age earthwork settlement is visible under the horizon line centre and left. See how the 'hill' to its right is just a little bit higher and how the term 'hill fort' was not a universal prescription. Almost certainly an Iceni structure and built within a meander of the river Stiffkey.
Probably quite late for an Iron age camp with at least 500 years of Iron age earthwork settlements prior to its potential construction date of around 2,200 ybp. This later date would put the construction around the time of the second Punic wars of 206 BC where Roman armies invaded southern Hispanic sites. Today's Spain would be converted into an administrative client state by 27 BC with France belittled in 125 BC. Mobile Celtic traders and spiritual leaders will have conveyed far away changes to regional leaders and thinkers. At the same time, 'Fifth column' Roman agitators (sold traders and voyagers) might have offered alternative takes on distant invasions. The extent to which Warham camp was built within this greater context needs to be measured before its archaeological specificities are imagined onto other older local Iron age camps. Evidence of a wooden fence and walkway were found in digs with these topping the inner bank and there is no doubt that the great effort would have had great defensive capacity.
There is an excellent Oxford Uni... site with the 4,000 hill forts from the British Isles :
The images are also worth scanning for hut circles and earthworks.