The Wessex Hillforts Project

The Front Cover of the Wessex Hillforts Project Monograph Extensive survey of hillfort interiors in central southern England, by Andrew Payne, Mark Corney and Barry Cunliffe.

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The Wessex Hillforts Project: Front Cover and Contents (315 Kb)

Chapter 1: Hillfort Studies and the Wessex Project, p1-38 (2357 Kb)

1.1: The context of the study, p1-10 (624 Kb)

1.2: Hillfort development in the Danebury Environs, p10-14 (196 Kb)

1.3: The pattern in neighbouring regions, p14-17 (252 Kb)

1.4: Prospecting techniques in hillfort archaeology, p17-28 (1197 Kb)

1.5: The development of the Wessex hillforts survey programme, p28-30 (241 Kb)

1.6: The survey area, p30-31 (64 Kb)

1.7: The sites included in the project and selection criteria, p31-32 (65 Kb)

1.8: The aims and objectives of the project, p32-33 (95 Kb)

1.9: The methods employed by the project, p33-38 (234 Kb)

Chapter 2: The Monuments and Their Setting, p39-130 (14754 Kb)

2.1: Berkshire, p39-47 (587 Kb)

2.2: Hampshire, p47-80 (6279 Kb)

2.3: Oxfordshire, p81-97 (1537 Kb)

2.4: Wiltshire, p98-130 (6508 Kb)

Chapter 3: The Regional Pattern, p131-150 (1075 Kb)

3.1: The hillforts of Wessex: their morphology and environs, p131-143 (603 Kb)

3.2: An overview of the geophysical survey results, p143-146 (75 Kb)

3.3: Some overall conclusions, p146-150 (493 Kb)

Chapter 4: Understanding Hillforts: have we progressed? p151-162 (175 Kb)

Bibliography, p163-167 (149 Kb)

Index and Back Cover, p168-171 (335 Kb)

Wessex Hillforts Project - Maps Addendum (2564 Kb)

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