Fin Cop
Appearance
Fin Cop | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 327 m[1] |
Coordinates | 53°14′09″N 1°44′13″W / 53.23583°N 1.73694°W |
Geography | |
Location | Derbyshire, England |
Fin Cop is a hill and an associated Iron Age hill fort in Monsal Dale, close to Ashford in the Water in Derbyshire, England.[2]
The fort shows evidence of hurried construction, indicating a defensive response to a real threat, rather than the more usual assumption that such forts were a display of status and prestige.[2] The hillfort, along with an adjacent bowl barrow, lime kiln and quarry, constitutes a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[3]
Recent excavations have unearthed a mass burial containing only women and children, the first such segregated burial in Iron Age Britain.[2]
References
- ^ OS 1:25000 map
- ^ a b c "Mass burial suggests massacre at Iron Age hill fort". BBC News. BBC. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Fin Cop promontory fort, bowl barrow and eighteenth century lime kiln with associated quarry (1011205)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
External links
- "Fin Cop Hillfort". Archaeological Research Services Ltd. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- Historic England. "Fin Cop (309164)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 18 April 2011.