King John's Hill

King John's Hill is the site of an Iron Age hillfort located in Hampshire, in southeast England [1]. King John's Hill is a small multivallate hillfort, a fort with multiple defensive rings, and has been dated on ceramic evidence to approximately 100 BC [1]. The hill rises 129 metres above mean sea level and is just over 0.5 kilometres southeast of the village of East Worldham, and approximately 4 kilometres east of the town of Alton [1]. The hillfort is unusually small, and its defences were weak; the site falls in a borderline category between larger hillforts and smaller defended settlements [1]. It is oval in shape and encloses an area of approximately 0.8 hectares [1]. The hill was partially excavated in 1939 and 1947 [1]. Ceramic fragments dating to the Iron Age were recovered, and two infilled storage pits were discovered [1]. A ring-headed pin, fashioned from wire, was recovered from one of the Iron Age storage pits [1].