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Brackenbury Camp is a hillfort located in Gloucestershire, England, dating to the Iron Age. The site is situated on elevated terrain and represents a significant example of the defensive settlements that characterised Iron Age communities in the region. The camp comprises an earthwork enclosure with distinctive ramparts and ditches that would have served both defensive and administrative functions for the prehistoric settlement. As a scheduled ancient monument, Brackenbury Camp contributes to our understanding of Iron Age settlement patterns and social organisation in the Forest of Dean area and the broader Midlands region.
Brackenbury camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002133. View the official record →
Brackenbury Camp is a hillfort located in Gloucestershire, England, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002133.
Brackenbury camp 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 1002133.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kingswood Abbey gate (2.8 km), Single-span bridge called Horse Bridge 260m WSW of Chase Hill House (6.2 km), Tresham Farbarrow round barrows (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Brackenbury camp'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.
Brackenbury camp stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.