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The hillfrot on the promontory was reoccupied and refurbished in the late Roman or post-Roman period, when the annexe settlement appears to have been abandoned. A simple stone and timber gateway was constructed, and an inner revetment constructed, all with newly quarried stone. On the eastern and western sides of the promontory, lengths of ditch were dug, with uneven bases suggesting gangs and the priority of obtaining material for a rampart, now gone as the ditches were rapidly refilled, presumably at the end of this brief phase.
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Mytum, H. (2013). An Epilogue: The Late Roman or Post-Roman Refurbishment. In: Monumentality in Later Prehistory. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8027-3_14
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