The excavation in 2000 found that the hillfort had been continuously occupied from its founding in the fifth century BC until the construction and occupation of Isca Augusta around 78AD. There is no evidence that the fort was taken militarily and the abandoning of the fort may have been part of the terms of peace. The fort was reoccupied during the Roman period and remained in use following the End of Roman rule in Britain, suggesting some version of the Pre-Roman society survived the occupation.