Goosehill Camp | |
Coordinates: | 50.907°N -0.8219°W |
Location: | Bow Hill, West Sussex in West Sussex, England |
Area: | 1.665ha |
Built: | Iron Age |
Designation1: | Scheduled Ancient Monument |
Designation1 Number: | 246477[1] |
Goosehill Camp is a prehistoric earthwork that dates back to the Iron Age. It consists of two concentric banks and ditches. The inner enclosure has one entrance and surround two levelled hut sites.[2] Goosehill Camp is within the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, on the South Downs.[3]
Goosehill Camp's first recorded excavation was carried out by J. R. Boyden. This excavation was carried out between 1953 and 1955.[2]
Post | Name | |
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Site Director | J. R. Boyden | |
Site Supervisor | Peter Tennant | |
Site Supervisor | Frank Hawtin | |
Site Assistants | Pupils from Bedales School | |
Site Assistant | John Kenchenton | |
Site Assistant | Mrs. Kenchenton | |
Illustrator | C. H. Byrne | |
Illustrator | F. Hawtin | |
Illustrator | A. E. Sewell | |
Advisor | Stuart Piggott C.B.E. | |
Advisor | Dr. A. E. Wilson | |
Advisor | A. H. Collins | |
Advisor | G. P. Burstow F.S.A. | |
Advisor | M. A. Burstow |
More recently, between 2014 and 2016 a field survey has been conducted, around Kingley Vale, by programme of volunteer based fieldwork, led under the guidance and support of professional archaeologists.Goosehill Camp was included in the survey.[4]