Causewayed enclosure, the Glossary

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1. 73 relations: Aerial archaeology, Archaeology, Bank (geography), Barkhale Camp, Büdelsdorf (enclosure), Bedfordshire, Belgium, Berkshire Downs, Burial, Carn Brea, Redruth, Casemate Publishers, Castro of Zambujal, Cattle, Causeway, Causewayed ring ditch, Combe Hill, East Sussex, County Antrim, County Sligo, Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake, Cult, Cursus, Devon, Ditch, Donegore, Dorset, Earthworks (archaeology), England, Environmental archaeology, Europe, Excarnation, Fortification, France, Galicia (Spain), Germany, Gloucestershire, Hambledon Hill, Hembury, Henge, Hillfort, Ireland, Italy, Knap Hill, Kraal, List of things named after Thomas Bayes, Long barrow, Magheraboy causewayed enclosure, Maiden Bower hillfort, Meal, Narón, Neolithic, ... Expand index (23 more) »

2. Causewayed enclosures

Aerial archaeology

Aerial archaeology is the study of archaeological remains by examining them from a higher altitude.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Bank (geography)

In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water.

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Barkhale Camp

Barkhale Camp is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, an archaeological site on Bignor Hill, on the South Downs in West Sussex, England. Causewayed enclosure and Barkhale Camp are causewayed enclosures.

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Büdelsdorf (enclosure)

The causewayed enclosure Büdelsdorf LA 1 near Rendsburg is located in Schleswig-Holstein. Causewayed enclosure and Büdelsdorf (enclosure) are causewayed enclosures.

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Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Berkshire Downs

The Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Burial

Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects.

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Carn Brea, Redruth

Carn Brea (Karnbre) is a civil parish and hilltop site in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Casemate Publishers

Casemate Publishers is a publishing company based in the Philadelphia suburbs that specializes in producing printed military history books.

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Castro of Zambujal

The Castro of Zambujal (Castro do Zambujal) is a Chalcolithic age archeological site in the municipality of Torres Vedras in the western litoral area of the Centro Region, Portugal.

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Cattle

Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.

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Causeway

A causeway is a track, road or railway on the upper point of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water".

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Causewayed ring ditch

A causewayed ring ditch is a type of prehistoric monument. Causewayed enclosure and causewayed ring ditch are types of monuments and memorials.

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Combe Hill, East Sussex

Combe Hill is a causewayed enclosure, near Eastbourne in East Sussex, on the northern edge of the South Downs. Causewayed enclosure and Combe Hill, East Sussex are causewayed enclosures.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.

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County Sligo

County Sligo (Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland.

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Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake

Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake (&) is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.

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Cult

A cult is a group requiring unwavering devotion to a set of beliefs and practices which are considered deviant outside the norms of society, which is typically led by a charismatic and self-appointed leader who tightly controls its members.

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Cursus

Stonehenge Cursus, Wiltshire Dorset Cursus terminal on Thickthorn Down, Dorset Cursuses are monumental Neolithic structures resembling ditches or trenches in the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Causewayed enclosure and Cursus are types of monuments and memorials.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Ditch

A ditch is a small to moderate trench created to channel water.

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Donegore

Donegore (historically Dunogcurra) is the name of a hill, a townland, a small cluster of residences, and a civil parish in the historic barony of Antrim Upper, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Causewayed enclosure and Donegore are causewayed enclosures.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Earthworks (archaeology)

In archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Environmental archaeology

Environmental archaeology is a sub-field of archaeology which emerged in 1970s and is the science of reconstructing the relationships between past societies and the environments they lived in.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Excarnation

In archaeology and anthropology, the term excarnation (also known as defleshing) refers to the practice of removing the flesh and organs of the dead before burial.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Galicia (Spain)

Galicia (Galicia (officially) or Galiza; Galicia) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Hambledon Hill

Hambledon Hill is a prehistoric hill fort in Dorset, England, in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum. Causewayed enclosure and Hambledon Hill are causewayed enclosures.

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Hembury

Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and Iron Age hillfort near Honiton in Devon. Causewayed enclosure and Hembury are causewayed enclosures.

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Henge

A henge loosely describes one of three related types of Neolithic earthwork. Causewayed enclosure and henge are types of monuments and memorials.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. Causewayed enclosure and hillfort are types of monuments and memorials.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Knap Hill

Knap Hill lies on the northern rim of the Vale of Pewsey, in northern Wiltshire, England, about a mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Alton Priors. Causewayed enclosure and Knap Hill are causewayed enclosures.

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Kraal

Kraal (also spelled craal or kraul) is an Afrikaans and Dutch word, also used in South African English, for an enclosure for cattle or other livestock, located within a Southern African settlement or village surrounded by a fence of thorn-bush branches, a palisade, mud wall, or other fencing, roughly circular in form.

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List of things named after Thomas Bayes

Thomas Bayes (/beɪz/; c. 1701 – 1761) was an English statistician, philosopher, and Presbyterian minister.

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Long barrow

Long barrows are a style of monument constructed across Western Europe in the fifth and fourth millennia BCE, during the Early Neolithic period. Causewayed enclosure and Long barrow are types of monuments and memorials.

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Magheraboy causewayed enclosure

Magheraboy causewayed enclosure is an early Neolithic enclosure located near Sligo town in northwest Ireland. Causewayed enclosure and Magheraboy causewayed enclosure are causewayed enclosures.

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Maiden Bower hillfort

Maiden Bower is an Iron Age hillfort near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. Causewayed enclosure and Maiden Bower hillfort are causewayed enclosures.

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Meal

A meal is an eating occasion that takes place at a certain time and includes consumption of food.

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Narón

Narón is a municipality in northwestern Spain in the autonomous community of Galicia.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Offham Hill

Offham Hill is a causewayed enclosure near Lewes, East Sussex, England. Causewayed enclosure and Offham Hill are causewayed enclosures.

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Palisade

A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall.

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Peter Drewett

Peter Ladson Drewett (1947 – 1 April 2013) was an English archaeologist and academic, best known for his work in Sussex.

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Plough

A plough or plow (US; both) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting.

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Pottery

Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form.

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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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Ritual

A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or revered objects.

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Robin Hood's Ball

Robin Hood’s Ball is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, approximately northwest of the town of Amesbury, and northwest of Stonehenge. Causewayed enclosure and Robin Hood's Ball are causewayed enclosures.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

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Section (archaeology)

In archaeology a section is a view in part of the archaeological sequence showing it in the vertical plane, as a cross section, and thereby illustrating its profile and stratigraphy.

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Semussac

Semussac is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury.

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The Trundle

The Trundle is an Iron Age hillfort on St Roche's Hill about north of Chichester, West Sussex, England. Causewayed enclosure and The Trundle are causewayed enclosures.

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Tor enclosure

A tor enclosure is a prehistoric monument found in the southwestern part of Great Britain. Causewayed enclosure and tor enclosure are types of monuments and memorials.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Trade

Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money.

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Type site

In archaeology, a type site is the site used to define a particular archaeological culture or other typological unit, which is often named after it.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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West Sussex

West Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Whitehawk Camp

Whitehawk Camp is the remains of a causewayed enclosure on Whitehawk Hill near Brighton, East Sussex, England. Causewayed enclosure and Whitehawk Camp are causewayed enclosures.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire (abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Windmill Hill, Avebury

Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile (2 km) northwest of Avebury. Causewayed enclosure and Windmill Hill, Avebury are causewayed enclosures.

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See also

Causewayed enclosures

• Abingdon (causewayed enclosure)
• Albersdorf-Dieksknöll
• Büdelsdorf (enclosure)
• Barkhale Camp
• Beckhampton Avenue
• Causewayed enclosure
• Combe Hill, East Sussex
• Court Hill (Sussex)
• Donegore
• Great Wilbraham (causewayed enclosure)
• Hambledon Hill
• Hembury
• Knap Hill
• Magheraboy causewayed enclosure
• Maiden Bower hillfort
• Maiden Castle, Dorset
• Medway Megaliths
• Offham Hill
• Raddon Top
• Robin Hood's Ball
• Salthouse
• Scratchbury Camp
• The Trundle
• Whitehawk Camp
• Windmill Hill, Avebury

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causewayed_enclosure

Also known as Causeway enclosure, Causewayed camp, Causewayed settlement.

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