Ambresbury Banks
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Tom Elliott, Maxime Guénette
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Last modified
Dec 18, 2024 12:41 PM
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History
Ambresbury Banks is an archaeological site in the Epping Forest of Essex, England. It contains the remains of a 4.5 ha Iron Age hillfort on a site that is now forested.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/187989739
51.68311535, 0.0780669
- Representative Locations:
- Geohack location of Ambresbury Banks hill fort (800 BC - AD 100) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Ambresbury Banks (800 BC - AD 100) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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Local legend connects the site with the revolt of Boudica in AD 61. Augustus Pitt-Rivers first excavated the site in 1881.
Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Maxime Guénette, 'Ambresbury Banks: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/187989739> [accessed: 26 December 2024]
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