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According To Nicholas Thomas (A guide to Prehistoric England) Rhiannon..he says this about Scratchbury; "This superbly placed hillfort, looking across at Battlebury Camp, encloses 37 acres within a bank and ditch with a counterscarp bank. Its irregular four-sided shape follows the contour of a steep hill. There are two entrances on the E side, and possibly a third on the N.W.. Remains of a much smaller inner earthwork of much smaller size can be seen. This resembles the earlier enclosure at Yarnbury and has recently been dated 250 b.c...He goes on to say that there is a romano-british or later ditch, running E/W, and turning S, sharply at the SW corner of the hill-fort overlies the I/A eartworks. Main ramp[art must have been built in the 1st C. BC"

Posted by moss 15th March 2009ce

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Interesting about the inner enclosure. I suppose it could just be for keeping the cows in so they don't roam around nibbling the round houses. Scratchbury will have to be my next visit. Thanks Moss.	Posted by Rhiannon 16th March 2009ce
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