Sutton Common in South Yorkshire is one of the best-known Iron Age
multivallate sites in lowland Britain. This volume describes the
results of the large-scale excavations undertaken there between
1998 and 2003, which have provided unparalleled insights into the
function and meaning of this 4th-century BC 'marsh-fort'. Sutton
Common is described as a place where the social identity of the
local community was reinforced through the construction of the
physical representation of the idea of community, using a
bank-and-ditch arrangement that resembles the defences used
elsewhere, particularly at hillforts. No houses were found within
the enclosure, but some 150 four-post structures were excavated,
many containing deposits of charred grain in one or two of their
postholes. This well-dated site makes significant contributions to
the debates on prehistoric enclosure, cosmology, food storage, and
mortuary practices in prehistoric Britain and Europe.
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