{"product_id":"longbridge-deverill-cow-down","title":"Longbridge Deverill Cow Down","description":"The early Iron Age settlement at Longbridge Deverill Cow Down,  Wiltshire is justly regarded as one of the type sites of the  British Iron Age. During four brief seasons of excavation between  1956 and 1960 Sonia Chadwick Hawkes investigated three enclosures  and revealed the well-preserved remains of four impressive timber  roundhouses. The Longbridge settlement lay within a landscape of  contemporary Iron Age communities on the northern periphery of  Salisbury Plain, and its particular role and place in this  complex of settlements, field systems, routeways and middens  remains tantalisingly obscure. A remarkable collection of pottery  associated with the fiery destruction of the roundhouses, perhaps  immolation in the true sense, offers a wealth of new material to  consider in the light of other important collections from the region. The release of Hawkes' archaeological data marks a major contribution to the pursuit of insight into this intriguing phase  of British prehistory. 301p, b\/w illus,","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57647686025589,"sku":"9781905905256","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781905905256.jpg?v=1791827894","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/longbridge-deverill-cow-down","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}