Mellor Hill Fort

Mellor hill fort is a prehistoric site in North West England dating from the British Iron Age – about 800 BC to 100 AD [1]. Situated on a hill in Mellor, Greater Manchester, on the western edge of the Peak District, the hill fort overlooks the Cheshire Plain [1]. Although the settlement was founded during the Iron Age, evidence exists of activity on the site as far back as 8,000 BC; during the Bronze Age the hill may have been an area where funerary practices were performed [1]. The settlement was occupied into the Roman period [1]. After the site was abandoned, probably in the 4th century, it was forgotten until its rediscovery in the 1990s [1]. At grid reference SJ9820088929, the known site of the Iron Age settlement in Mellor is partially under St Thomas Church and extends into the gardens of several nearby houses [1]. Over 200 lithics have been recovered and range from the early to the late Mesolithic [1]. The investigation of the site has revealed two ditches [1].