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ARCHAEOLOGY Hengistbury Head is a site of international importance in terms of its archaeology and is scheduled as an Ancient Monument. It has been occupied on several occasions since the Stone Age. The Red House Museum in Christchurch displays the archaeology found in Hengistbury Head by archaeologists and earlier collectors. Visit online www.hants.gov.uk/redhouse |
Summary of events on Hengistbury Head:
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Upper
Palaeolithic 12500 years ago The earlier hunter-gatherers
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Mesolithic
9500 years ago Hunter-gatherers with bows and arrows |
Neolithic
5500 years ago Early farmers |
3500
years ago
Hengistbury Head used as a cemetery with burial mounds |
2800
years ago
Settlement and industry |
2100
years ago
Port settlement and trade |
