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BBC Midlands Today Report.
Reporter Giles Latcham visits Sutton Walls Iron Age Hillfort and discovers stories of murder and intrigue and the legend of Kings.
Artefacts Gallery. (Click image to enlarge)
All artefacts shown have been found on Sutton Walls during the excavations by Kathleen Kenyon between 1948 - 1951 or by the landowners, the Gwynne family, at other times.
They are displayed here by courtesy of Hereford Museum and Art Gallery.
Skull recovered during excavations in 1951.
Sherds of Roman Samian ware. Made in Gaul this was the fashionable tableware of the Roman empire.
This enormous pottery jar was made by a Celtic potter in the Late Iron Age. It was found laying crushed on a sandstone hearth. The vessel was made in the Malvern Hills area without the use of a Potters Wheel. It has a lead repair in the lower part of the vessel which was made in antiquity. It is about 50 cms high and has a girth of 45cm and would have been used for storing either liquid or solid food.
Skull recovered during excavations in 1951.
Excavation Gallery. (Click image to enlarge)
Sutton Walls Excavations 1949 - 1951. West entrance from the south west. Photographer unknown From the published report.
Sutton Walls Excavations, 1949. Floor of hut and postholes Looking east over an area which was later to become landfill. Copyright herefordshirehistory.org.uk
Sutton Walls Excavations, 1949 - 1951. Elizabeth Gwynne of Marden, one of several local volunteers, digging in the trench where some of the skeletons were found. Photographer unknown
Sutton Walls Excavations 1949 - 1951. West entrance from the south west. Photographer unknown From the published report.
Sutton Walls Excavations 1949 - 1951. West entrance from the south west. Photographer unknown From the published report.
Sutton Walls Excavations, 1949. Floor of hut and postholes Looking east over an area which was later to become landfill. Copyright herefordshirehistory.org.uk
Sutton Walls Excavations, 1949 - 1951. Elizabeth Gwynne of Marden, one of several local volunteers, digging in the trench where some of the skeletons were found. Photographer unknown
Sutton Walls Excavations 1949 - 1951. West entrance from the south west. Photographer unknown From the published report.
Sutton Walls Excavations 1949 - 1951. West entrance from the south west. Photographer unknown From the published report.
Sutton Walls Excavations, 1949. Floor of hut and postholes Looking east over an area which was later to become landfill. Copyright herefordshirehistory.org.uk
Sutton Walls Excavations, 1949 - 1951. Elizabeth Gwynne of Marden, one of several local volunteers, digging in the trench where some of the skeletons were found. Photographer unknown
Sutton Walls Excavations 1949 - 1951. West entrance from the south west. Photographer unknown From the published report.
Landscape Gallery. (Click image to enlarge)
View along Queens Hill towards the South.
An early morning flight of Geese.
View along Queens Hill towards the South.