Pulpit Hill, Great and Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire. Iron Age Hillfort. Survey Report
Author(s): Louise Barker
In November 2000, English Heritage carried out an archaeological survey and investigation of the prehistoric hillfort on Pulpit Hill in Buckinghamshire. The hillfort covers an area of 0.9 ha (2.2 acres). The defences, comprising two ramparts and two ditches, describe a rough, broad D-shape in plan. Two straighter sides follow the edge of steep natural slopes on the north-west and south-west sides, while the north-east and south-east ramparts traverse the relatively flat summit of Pulpit Hill with a more curving line. There is a single entrance to the interior, which has few surface features to indicate any activity contemporary with the hillfort. A straight ditch and bank crossing the south-western sector of the hillfort is a former boundary of Pulpit Wood and is probably of post-medieval date. (This was report number 16/2001 in a previous series).
- Report Number:
- 127/2001
- Series:
- Other
- Pages:
- 26
