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Ambresbury Banks

a Pleiades place resource

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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

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.6835, 0.0784

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- location of Ambresbury Banks hill fort (800 BC - AD 100) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

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Ambresbury Banks receives connections from:

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Place type:
hillfort, fort, tower (deprecated)

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See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Ambresbury Banks

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Local legend connects the site with the revolt of Boudica in AD 61. Augustus Pitt-Rivers first excavated the site in 1881.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Ambresbury Banks: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/187989739> [accessed: 23 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/187989739 |title=Places: 187989739 (Ambresbury Banks) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=November 23, 2024 8:12 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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