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Beckbury Camp is a hillfort located near Hailes in Gloucestershire. The site consists of a univallate earthwork comprising a single bank and ditch, characteristic of Iron Age defensive construction in the region. Its precise dating within the Iron Age period remains subject to archaeological interpretation, though such camps in the Cotswolds generally belong to the later prehistoric era. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork visible in the landscape, representing an important element of Iron Age settlement and territorial organisation in the English Midlands.
Beckbury camp, Hailes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003319. View the official record →
Beckbury Camp is a hillfort located near Hailes in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003319.
Beckbury camp, Hailes 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 1003319.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval and later settlement remains and associated fields at Hawling (6.5 km), Round barrow 300m west of Church Farm (7.6 km), Two bowl barrows known as Hawling Downs round barrows, 610m north east of Slade Barn Farm (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Beckbury camp, Hailes'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.
Beckbury camp, Hailes stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.