Several short seasons of excavation were carried out on the hillfort in the years 1954-56 by Mr L. M. Stephen, a schoolteacher, with the help of pupils from his school at Wolverley, Worcestershire. It appears that he may also have returned to the site in 1958, after he had taken up a new appointment at Dover College, Kent. The results were never published, but the work was mentioned briefly in print by Dr H. N Savory (Savory 1976, 260-1). Following the excavations by the Trust in 1983, Mrs Stephen kindly made available two notebooks, a series of photographs, correspondence, typescript notes, and a small box of finds from her late husband’s effects. Dr Savory also helped by providing various notes and correspondence relating to the earlier work.