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Camp on Keston Common is an Iron Age hillfort situated on Keston Common near Bromley in Greater London, formerly in Kent. The monument comprises a roughly circular or oval enclosure defined by a substantial ditch and bank system, which originally enclosed an area of approximately two hectares. The site dates to the late Iron Age, likely constructed within the final centuries before the Roman conquest of Britain in the first century AD. The hillfort represents a significant example of later prehistoric settlement and defensive architecture in the south-eastern lowlands, occupying a strategic position on the North Downs.
Camp on Keston Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002022. View the official record →
Camp on Keston Common is an Iron Age hillfort situated on Keston Common near Bromley in Greater London, formerly in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002022.
Camp on Keston 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 1002022.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Holwood camp (0.5 km), Iron Age settlement and Roman villa at Warbank, Keston (1 km), High Elms ice house 130m south of Flint Lodge (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camp on Keston 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.
Camp on Keston Common stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.