V99
The Neolithic Continuous Ditch Enclosure
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The Eastern Entrance
The Southern Entrance - click for detail
The Northern Entrance click for detail
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This is the ditch of the later Neolithic settlement. Unlike the first, which may have been ceremonial, this is definitely for defence. There were formal gates and a wall too. This was the site attacked in the ‘Battle of Crickley Hill’.