Histories in the Making: Excavations at Alfred's Castle 1998-2000

by Chris Gosden and Gary Lock

Alfred's Castle is a small enclosed site south of the Ridgeway on the Berkshire Downs, excavated between 1998 and 2000 by a team from Oxford University. This was the third site excavated by the Hillforts of the Ridgeway project (after White Horse Hill and Segsbury). Although small, Alfred's Castle displayed a long and complex history, starting with early Bronze Age round barrows on which later Bronze Age linear ditches were aligned, these in turn...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905905327
• ISBN13: 9781905905324
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.8"