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Borough Hill is a complex multiphase archaeological site in Northamptonshire combining evidence of settlement and ritual activity spanning from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. The site comprises two Iron Age hillforts with associated defended enclosures, Bronze Age burial mounds, and substantial Roman structural remains including a building complex and extensive barrow cemetery, demonstrating continuous or repeated occupation and use across more than a millennium. The topographical prominence of the location and the layering of successive defensive and residential features reflect changing patterns of settlement hierarchy and land use throughout prehistory and into the Roman period. The archaeological and earthwork evidence at Borough Hill provides significant insight into the development of Iron Age political organisation in the East Midlands and the character of Romano-British settlement in the region.
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 →
Borough Hill is a complex multiphase archaeological site in Northamptonshire combining evidence of settlement and ritual activity spanning from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010696.
Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery 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 1010696.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'Burnt Walls' earthworks (1.5 km), Site of Bannaventa (2.9 km), Muscott deserted medieval village and double moated site (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery'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.
Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.