Fin Cop
| Fin Cop | |
|---|---|
 The summit of Fin Cop | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 327 m [1] |
| Coordinates | 53°14′09″N 1°44′13″W / 53.23583°N 1.73694°WCoordinates: 53°14′09″N 1°44′13″W / 53.23583°N 1.73694°W |
| Geography | |
  Fin Cop Fin Cop within England | |
| 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
- 1 2 3 "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.
Looking east, the hill on the right is Fin Cop
External links
- "Fin Cop Hillfort". Archaeological Research Services Ltd. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- Historic England. "Fin Cop (309164)". PastScape. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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