video record
Media not available in the Digital Archive
Description
Cunliffe outlines the past uses of Danebury Hill in Hampshire, and discusses present and future archaeological and recreational plans for the site.
Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Module code and title: TAD292, Art and environment
Item code: TAD292; 10
First transmission date: 29-09-1976
Published: 1976
Rights Statement:
Restrictions on use:
Duration: 00:23:23
+ Show more...
Producer: Andrew Crilly
Contributors: Susan Trieseman; Barry Cunliffe; David Dixon; Brian Breton
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Danebury Ring, Hampshire; Design with nature; Environmental change; Excavations
Footage description: The programme opens with aerial film of Danebury, a hill in Hampshire. Over shots of leisure activities at the hill, Susan Triesman explains that the programme aims to look at past, present and future uses to which the hill has been put. In voice-over she introduces Barry Cunliffe, Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford University, who presents the rest of the programme. From Danebury, Cunliffe describes a Bronze Age burial mound. He points out archaeological work begun on the site in 1969, explaining how pits and trenches dating from 1000 BC were excavated. Cunliffe climbs to the top of the hill fort built about 550 BC. He points out the surviving relics of the fort's defences, explaining the purpose of each part of the ramparts. Film taken in 1969 when the fort was excavated is shown. Insets of this film show some of the finds, such as pottery and quern stones. Cunliffe describes in detail how the entrance to the fort would have looked. Film of the excavations of 1970 illustrates some of his points. Aerial views of the site. In voice-over Cunliffe brielfy outlines the various uses the hill has been put to, from Roman times to the present. Shots of tourists to Danebury conclude the sequence. Cunliffe introduces David Dixon, who works with the County Land Agent. Dixon explains how the tree disease beech bark necrosis has infected the site, and what steps are being taken to cure the problem. Cunliffe interviews Brian Breton, a countryside warden. Breton describes the tree-planting policy in detail, and describes the general plan for the cultivation of Danebury. Cunliffe concludes the programme by examining the alternative plans available for the site. Aerial views illustrate his points. He proposes keeping the site as it is, a wooded area freely available to the public. Shots of Cunliffe walking around the hill, over which he explains the archaeological policy adopted for the site. The programme ends with more aerial views of Danebury.
Master spool number: 6HT/71942
Production number: 00525_5218
Videofinder number: 1083
Available to public: no