Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Borough Hill is a multiphased archaeological site near Daventry in Northamptonshire, England, designated as a Scheduled Monument. The site encompasses two Iron Age hillforts with associated defensive earthworks, two Bronze Age barrows, and substantial evidence of Roman occupation including a building complex and a formal barrow cemetery, demonstrating intensive use across more than a millennium. The Iron Age fortifications represent significant defensive architecture of the pre-Roman period, whilst the Roman remains indicate the site's continued importance as a settlement or administrative centre following the conquest. The palimpsest of Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman features makes Borough Hill an important record of changing settlement patterns and land use in the East Midlands.

Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010696. View the official record →

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