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Camphill

England
List entry 1004035
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004035
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.61 hectares
Grid reference
TF 75141 13087
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Camphill is a scheduled ancient monument located in Norfolk, England. The site represents an Iron Age hill fort, dating to the pre-Roman iron age period. It is situated on elevated ground that provided defensive advantages typical of fortified settlements of this era. The monument survives as an earthwork, with the characteristic banks and ditches that define its Iron Age fortification system, though like many such sites it has been subject to agricultural and natural erosion over the centuries.

Camphill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004035. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Camphill?

Camphill is a scheduled ancient monument located in Norfolk, England.

Who is responsible for protecting Camphill?

Camphill 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 1004035.

What other scheduled monuments are near Camphill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross 190m south west of Crossgates Farm (3.5 km), Hangour Hill (4.4 km), Devil's Dyke, Beechamwell and Barton Bendish. Section 1km in length West of Smeeth Wood (4.5 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Camphill

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Camphill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wayside cross 190m south west of Crossgates Farm
3.5 km
Hangour Hill
4.4 km
Devil's Dyke, Beechamwell and Barton Bendish. Section 1km in length West of Smeeth Wood
4.5 km
Remains of Pentney Priory at Abbey Farm
5.2 km
Marham Abbey
5.5 km
Moated site in Hills and Holes Plantation, 30m north west of Home Farm
5.8 km
Churchyard cross, St George's Church
6 km
Wayside Cross 550m north east of St Mary's Church
7.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Camphill

Camphill stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Camphill

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~15 miles
Domesday entry for Narborough, Norfolk →
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