Burledge Hill

Burledge Hill is the site of a univallate Iron Age hillfort on the southern edge of Bishop Sutton, Somerset, England. Excavated in 1955 by the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society and investigated again in 1959 and 1966, the dig revealed postholes, ditches, pits, an iron fibula fragment, animal bones, and pottery. Excavator Arthur ApSimon dated the occupation to the 1st century BCE and identified evidence for a row of huts sheltered by the southern and western ramparts, along with iron slag and clay bowl-furnaces in the southwest corner indicating metalworking. The ramparts were constructed using blocks of local Jurassic lias stone. The surrounding area is a 48.7-hectare SSSI designated in 2005 for its species-rich grassland.