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Ladle Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Hampshire whose construction was never completed, providing rare archaeological evidence of Iron Age defensive earthwork techniques and settlement planning. The site comprises an unfinished hillfort with distinctive defensive ditches and banks, alongside Bronze Age funerary monuments including a saucer barrow and disc barrow, indicating sustained human use of this elevated location across multiple prehistoric periods. Two linear earthworks cross the site, their purpose and dating remaining subjects of archaeological interpretation. The hillfort's incomplete state offers valuable insight into Iron Age construction methods and the abandonment or disruption of what was evidently an ambitious fortification project.
An unfinished hillfort, a saucer barrow, a disc barrow and sections of two linear earthworks on Ladle Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012038. View the official record →
Ladle Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Hampshire whose construction was never completed, providing rare archaeological evidence of Iron Age defensive earthwork techniques and settlement planning. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012038.
An unfinished hillfort, a saucer barrow, a disc barrow and sections of two linear earthworks on Ladle Hill 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 1012038.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m east of Thorn Down: one of the group known as Seven Barrows (2.1 km), Round barrow 150yds (140m) E of The Hassock (4.1 km), Earthworks in Danegrove Copse (4.1 km).
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