The Uley Shrines: Excavation of a Ritual Complex on West Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, 1977-9Report on the excavations of the ritual complex on West Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, from 1977-79, which showed that the site was a focus of continuing religious activity from the Neolithic period to the 7th or 8th century AD. The wide variety of finds, now in the British Museum and fully catalogued and illustrated here, trace the history and use of the site. |
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Geology and geography by John Drinkwater | 3 |
Strategies for excavation and recording | 9 |
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