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Ambresbury Banks is a slight univallate hillfort located in Essex, England, with origins in the Iron Age. The monument comprises a single defensive bank and ditch, characteristic of smaller hillforts of the period, and occupies a modest elevated position within the landscape. The site represents the type of fortified settlement that was constructed and maintained during the later Iron Age, though limited excavation has been undertaken to establish a precise chronology. Its survival as an earthwork demonstrates the modest but enduring defensive architecture employed by Iron Age communities in southern England.
Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013517. View the official record →
Ambresbury Banks is a slight univallate hillfort located in Essex, England, with origins in the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013517.
Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013517.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Purlieu Bank, Epping (1.3 km), The Temple, Temple Hill, Warlies Park (2.3 km), Roman villa 300m south of Long Shaw (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.