The outer wall of the main enclosure was stone built and with footings of this size (1m wide) could have stood as high as three metres.

Close up of the odd narrow wall-like alingment in front of the outer wall.

Behind the wall, a post hole was revealed

A further worked stone within the section.

"The larger enclosure at Sutton Common comprises of (at least) two distinct phases. The earlier of the two phases is characterized by a palisade which surrounds the site, and part of the excavated palisade can be seen on this photo taken in 1999. All timbers are of oak and have a 'pencil-point' which was driven into the sands and clays. We estimate that a total of 3600 oak posts were used to form the palisade of the larger enclosure." University of Exeter (Department of Archaeology) 2002.

 

Close up of the Stakes in Section 1.

The outer ditch in section one proved to be only 1-2m deep.