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Arley Wood Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Staffordshire. The monument comprises an iron age defensive earthwork, characterised by substantial banks and ditches that enclose an elevated position. The site represents a significant example of iron age settlement and territorial control in the regional landscape. As a scheduled monument, Arley Wood Camp remains an important archaeological resource for understanding fortified settlement patterns in the West Midlands during the later prehistoric period.
Arley Wood Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005335. View the official record →
Arley Wood Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005335.
Arley Wood Camp 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 1005335.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small multivallate hillfort on Drakelow Hill, 250m west of Solcum Farm (2.3 km), Kinver camp, a univallate hillfort (3.4 km), Moated site and fishpond 170m and 160m south east of Chidleys Farm (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Arley Wood Camp'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.
Arley Wood Camp stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.