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Camp in Chase Wood is a prehistoric hillfort located in Herefordshire. The monument comprises a roughly circular or oval earthwork with defensive banks and ditches, characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in the West Midlands region. Its exact dating remains subject to archaeological interpretation, though such fortified enclosures are typically assigned to the Iron Age period, when hillforts served as centres of settlement, defence, and territorial control. The site's location within woodland indicates the landscape context in which this fortification was constructed and maintained.
Camp in Chase Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001743. View the official record →
Camp in Chase Wood is a prehistoric hillfort located in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001743.
Camp in Chase Wood 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 1001743.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section 420m east of Stowfield Farm (5.1 km), Offa's Dyke: section 480m south east of Stowfield Farm (5.2 km), Offa's Dyke: section 120m south west of Stowfield Farm (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camp in Chase Wood'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.
Camp in Chase Wood stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.