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Caesar's Camp is a univallate Iron Age hillfort situated on Wimbledon Common in Surrey. The monument comprises a roughly circular enclosure defined by a single substantial bank and ditch, enclosing approximately 5.6 hectares, and is likely to date from the later Iron Age, probably between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Despite its popular name, there is no historical evidence linking the site to Julius Caesar or the Roman conquest; the designation appears to be a later antiquarian invention. The hillfort's defensive earthworks remain substantially visible today, making it one of the more prominent Iron Age monuments in the London region, though the site has been significantly affected by modern use of the common.
Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002014. View the official record →
Caesar's Camp is a univallate Iron Age hillfort situated on Wimbledon Common in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002014.
Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon Common 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 1002014.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coombe Conduit (2.2 km), Brick reservoir 300yds (270m) SW of Gallows Conduit, Coombe (2.8 km), Morden Park Mound (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon Common'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.
Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon Common stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.