Doghouse Hill

Nearest town:
Bridport (3km ENE)
OS reference:
SY430915
OS sheet:
193
Latitude:
50° 43' 10.99 N
Longitude:
2° 48' 27.16 W
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Image of Doghouse Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by formicaant

The rear of Doghouse Hill from Eype Down, looking south.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 17/09/09
formicaant
formicaant Sep 17, 2009

Articles

Doghouse Hill

West Dorset 'Oldest' human settlement found

treehugger-uk
treehugger-uk May 22, 2009

Archaeologists working for the National Trust think they have found west Dorset’s oldest human settlement.

Excavations over the last two weeks began when a number of artefacts were found by a man walking his dog.

Experts now believe people lived on Doghouse Hill on the Golden Cap estate up to 10,000 years ago.

Finds included a stone hearth, fire pit and pot shards from Bronze Age periods (2,500 to 1,000BC) and others from the Mesolithic Age (10,000 to 4,000BC)

Martin Papworth, from the National Trust, said: “Although it’s a stunning coastal site now, 6,000 to 8,000 years ago this area would have been over a mile inland.

Read the full story here.

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/dorset/8062513.stm

Doghouse Hill

formicaant
formicaant Sep 18, 2009

Whilst there is not much to see on the hill itself apart from a linear feature near the cliff edge, never the less it is at a point on the coast which is between other sites. Adjacent to it are the barrows on Thorncombe beacon, to the east and the settlement and barrows on Golden Cap to the west.

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