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Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh)

England
List entry 1003423
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003423
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.85 hectares
Grid reference
SP 20393 32991, SP 20382 32927
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Batsford Camp is a prehistoric earthwork located near Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire. The monument comprises a ditched enclosure of Iron Age date, representing a period of significant settlement and defensive construction in the English Midlands. The physical remains consist of banks and ditches that define the camp's boundaries, though the site has been subject to modern disturbance and agricultural use. As a scheduled ancient monument, Batsford Camp contributes to understanding Iron Age settlement patterns and territorial organisation in this region of the Cotswolds.

Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003423. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh)?

Batsford Camp is a prehistoric earthwork located near Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003423.

Who is responsible for protecting Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh)?

Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh) 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 1003423.

What other scheduled monuments are near Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh)?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British villa 350m south east of Abbotswood (6.9 km), Prehistoric enclosure known as Stow Camp (7 km), Market cross in Market Square (7.3 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Romano-British villa 350m south east of Abbotswood
6.9 km
Prehistoric enclosure known as Stow Camp
7 km
Market cross in Market Square
7.3 km
Roman burials, medieval settlement remains and a later ditched enclosure east of St Mary's Church
7.7 km
Lower Swell long barrow 400m north-west of St Mary`s Church
7.9 km
Two bowl barrows 80m north of Arch Hollow
8 km
Four bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery, and a long barrow 550m NNE of Eyford Hill Farm
9.4 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery and a long barrow, 500m north east of Eyford Hill Farm
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh)

Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh) stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Batsford camp (adjacent to Queen Victoria's Garden, Moreton-in-Marsh)

AlcesterRoman town · ~16.8 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~22.3 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~24.2 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~24.8 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~3.1 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~12.5 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~13.6 miles
Domesday entry for Moreton, Gloucestershire →
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