Hawk's Hill House, Leatherhead
Hawk’s Hill House near Leatherhead was the excavation of a Mid
Iron Age site which is part of a known Iron Age settlement, elements
of which were previously excavated in the 1960’s. This work, about
80m away from the earlier excavation uncovered a dozen or so large
grain storage pits, several smaller pits and the first example
of a roundhouse at Hawk’s Hill.
The site has provided strong evidence of everyday life in the
Iron Age with good examples of structured deposition (deliberately
placed artefacts) from the grain storage pits. A smaller pit also
contained placed items that may have marked the destruction of
the roundhouse. The excavation has added weight to the suggestion
that Hawk’s Hill was an extensive and important centre of Mid
Iron Age occupation.
Project Officer: Jim Stevenson
Client: Millgate Homes
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