South Kirkby Hillfort

 archaeological site, hillfort, scheduled ancient monument

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The monument includes a prehistoric enclosed settlement at the east end of a low ridge 200m NNW of Kirkby Common Farm. The enclosure is defined by a bank and ditch. This survives best on the south west and east sides, where the bank is 10m wide and up to 1m high. The ditch is between 7m and 10m wide and up to 1.5m deep. On the south west side the ditch has been partly obscured by ploughing. Elsewhere the bank and ditch are less well-preserved. On the north and north west sides they are visible as a pronounced lynchet, partly obscured at its western end by the upcast bank from a modern ditch. On the south east side the line of the ditch and bank is marked by a slight lynchet. An annexe defined by a bank formerly existed south of the settlement, and is not included in the scheduling as there is no evidence that it survives. Excavations across the bank and ditch in 1949 produced pottery reported as Iron Age. Geophysical survey in 1997 revealed evidence of possible internal features, but failed to show the southern annexe.
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