The Iron Age

Rubber (worked stone), Camp Hill

Period:

Iron Age

Description:

Found by a Major General Scott-Elliot in 1960 at Camp Hill, Trohoughton, this object is known as a rubber, and is a type of worked stone. Rounded with a flattened base, it is composed of angular fine grained (mainly grey) fragments in a red sandstone matrix.                

 

This rubber was found at Camphill, a hill fort defended by two stone faced ramparts and steep ditches. When it was excavated in 1960 the remains of timber buildings were found inside the ramparts.

Place of Discovery:

1960

Materials/Media:

stone & conglomerate & breccia

Dimensions:

length: 155 mm width: 115 mm height: 73 mm

Source:

Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura

Accession number:

DUMFM:1960.76.3

Digital Number:

RPD0314

RCAHMS site record:

Camphill, Trohoughton