The Intriguing History Behind The Iron Age Hill Forts In Oxfordshire | Time Team

The Iron Age hill fort in Wittenham is an impressive monument. From behind its perimeter ramparts the hilltop offers commanding views of the Thames and the surrounding Oxfordshire landscape, but it is dwarfed and overlooked by a neighbouring hill less than 150 metres away. What did the Iron Age tribe use this second, much larger, hill for?

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[LilieDubh]

It's amazing how much history turns up in even one trench. This is why I love the UK.

[Du-Masses]

I love ❤️ watching them de-newt the land. I’m not sure what that says about me.

[grapeshot]

That's one thing about Britain you don't have to go to Pompeii or Herculaneum to find Roman archaeological sites.

[jek__]

archaeology has some of the best image analysis sampling techniques i've ever seen. Not their computers, but the digging itself. Essentially each trench is an image sample, and they really do as much forensics as possible to figure out how to dig the least amount of trenches and learn the most. Essentially, its an image recognition algorithm that minimizes data inputs while maximizing picture quality. Interesting to see how they aim for edges, places where there is a difference or a wall they can point to. I think theres something to be learned here, for computer image analysis efficiency

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[Alasdair]

I think this debate whether the walls of a hill fort were for defense or display is quite silly on of the key tenants of war is to impress your enemy, a bit of theater if you like. The walls around the hill fort probably did both they helped defend the fort from attack but also deterred an attack by being rather impressive. We do this today with things like helicopters and tanks. Often the presence of something like an apache helicopter is enough to dissuade the enemy from attacking without actually having to fight.

[karanfield]

I love the nearly always present, big black cloud formations in the background in English digs!! . It gives an ominous mysterious twist. Can imagine Heathcliff and Cathy walking hand in hand across the moors....😲🕊 LOVE LOVE LOVE England. 😊

[ericteipen]

Coming from a family of very large farmers here in the U.S. my big question is this. How do you compensate the farmers whos land you dig up and deny them use of? You blokes never speak a word about this. WHY?

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“ No newts is good newts” instant classic

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It's really cool that they took the newt into consideration before commencing with the dig.

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That little village was used longer than the US has been a country 🤣🤣