Burrough Hill

Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 11 km (7 mi) south of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England [1]. Situated on a promontory about 210 metres (690 ft) above sea level, it commands views over the surrounding countryside [1] [2]. There has been human activity in the area since at least the Mesolithic, and the hillfort was founded in the early Iron Age [1] [3]. In the medieval period, after the hillfort was abandoned, the hill was used as farmland, evidenced by traces of ridge and furrow [1]. This ended in the 17th century when the parish was enclosed [1]. Since the 1930s the site has been subject to archaeological investigations, with renewed excavations by the University of Leicester beginning in 2010 [1]. Rare decorated Iron Age chariot fittings were discovered at the site and displayed in a brand new exhibition [4]. The hillfort is now part of Burrough Hill Country Park, open to the public and protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument [1].