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Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way

England
List entry 1011683
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011683
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.06 hectares
Grid reference
SD 52725 62387
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Askew Heights is a univallate prehistoric defended enclosure located in Lancashire, England. The monument comprises a single defensive bank and ditch surrounding an enclosed area, characteristic of Iron Age hillforts or earlier Bronze Age defended settlements, though precise dating requires archaeological investigation. The site is associated with a hollow way, a sunken track that may represent ancient routeway infrastructure and suggests patterns of movement and access across the landscape. The enclosure's univallate construction indicates a relatively modest defensive commitment compared to multivallate forts, and its preserved earthworks contribute to understanding prehistoric settlement and territorial organisation in the region.

Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011683. View the official record →

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What is Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way?

Askew Heights is a univallate prehistoric defended enclosure located in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011683.

Who is responsible for protecting Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way?

Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way 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 1011683.

What other scheduled monuments are near Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman kilns 25yds (20m) NE of Fairyhill Cottage (3.1 km), High cross in St Wilfrid's churchyard, Halton (3.6 km), Castle Hill motte and bailey, Halton (3.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman kilns 25yds (20m) NE of Fairyhill Cottage
3.1 km
High cross in St Wilfrid's churchyard, Halton
3.6 km
Castle Hill motte and bailey, Halton
3.7 km
Skerton Bridge
4.7 km
Glass melting and annealing workshop; part of Shrigley and Hunt's stained glass manufacturing workshops
5.3 km
Part of a Roman fort and its associated vicus and remains of a pre-Conquest monastery and a Benedictine priory on Castle Hill
5.4 km
Univallate prehistoric defended enclosure, hollow way and secondary enclosure 250m north of Claughton Hall
6 km
Camp House moated site, moated outwork and connecting channels
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way

Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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