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Shooters Hill
Greater London Authority, England · Atlas EN3919
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3919 (3919)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Greater London Authority
- Historic county
- Kent
- National Grid reference
- TQ 4380 7660
- Latitude
- 51.47004
- Longitude
- 0.06898
- Altitude
- 127 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- parkland and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- 1200–800 BC and 800–400 BC
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual
- Dating reliability
- B - Medium
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Geophysical Survey (2007); Excavation (2007)
Identifiers
- HER
- Greater London ELO8685
- Wikidata
- Q31055983
Sources
References
- Dungworth, D. and Mepham, L. 2012. Prehistoric iron smelting in London: evidence from Shooters Hill. Hist Metall 46, 1_8
- Wessex Archaeology, 2008. Shooters Hill Greenwich, London. Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results. http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/files/65308_Shooters%20Hill%20report.pdf. Accessed January 2016