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Camp on Mockham Down

England
List entry 1002534
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002534
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.25 hectares
Grid reference
SS 66678 35810
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Camp on Mockham Down is a hillfort situated in Devon, England. The monument dates to the Iron Age and comprises a defended enclosure defined by banks and ditches characteristic of fortified settlements from this period. Its location on elevated terrain reflects the strategic positioning typical of Iron Age hillforts in the south west of England, which served defensive, administrative, and possibly ceremonial functions for local communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and land use in Devon.

Camp on Mockham Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002534. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Camp on Mockham Down?

Camp on Mockham Down is a hillfort situated in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002534.

Who is responsible for protecting Camp on Mockham Down?

Camp on Mockham Down 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 1002534.

What other scheduled monuments are near Camp on Mockham Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery 500m east of Little Bray Cross (1.7 km), Camp S of Birch Ham Wood (1.7 km), Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton (1.9 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow cemetery 500m east of Little Bray Cross
1.7 km
Camp S of Birch Ham Wood
1.7 km
Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton
1.9 km
Camp in Smay's Wood
3.6 km
Hillfort, Cunnilear or Coneybeare Wood
5.4 km
Fishpond in Lower Beer Wood, Castle Hill
6.8 km
Deserted medieval village at Welcombe Farm
6.9 km
Park pale and associated remains at Castle Hill
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Camp on Mockham Down

Camp on Mockham Down stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Mockham, Devon →
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