Danebury Excavations

The Danebury archaeological excavations, led by Professor Barry Cunliffe of Oxford University, took place from 1969 to 1988. By this time 57% of the interior had been excavated.

The excavations showed that within the fort there was evidence of 73 roundhouses and 500 rectangular buildings. Thousands of deep storage pits were also found, perhaps ten of which were in use at any one time. The circular houses were for people, the store buildings and pits probably held their most valuable commodity - grain.

Other archaeological finds included more than 180,000 pieces of pottery, 240,000 bits of animal bone, stone objects such as querns (hand mills), bone objects used in the weaving process and many iron and bronze artefacts. A selection of the finds can be seen at the Museum of the Iron Age in Andover.