Ambresbury Banks

Ambresbury Banks is the name given to the remains of an Iron Age hill fort in Epping Forest, Essex [1]. It lies in 'Long Running & Ambresbury Banks', south of Bell Common and north of Loughton and its neighbouring hillfort Loughton Camp [1]. The first dig at Ambresbury Banks was initiated by the Essex Field Club in 1881, under general Augustus Pitt Rivers [1]. Another dig under Hazzeldine Warren in 1933 found sherds of pottery [1]. In 1971, 2 Iron Age gold coins were found near the Banks using a metal detector [1]. The univallate fort encloses an area of roughly 5 hectares [1]. In the Middle Ages it was "used for quarrying" [1].