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Castle Ring is a hillfort situated near Osmaston in Derbyshire, dating to the Iron Age. The site comprises a roughly circular enclosure defended by a single substantial bank and ditch, which survives as an upstanding earthwork approximately three metres high. The hillfort commands views across the surrounding landscape and represents a significant prehistoric defensive settlement in the East Midlands region. The monument's preservation as a visible earthwork makes it an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and territorial organisation in Derbyshire.
Castle Ring defended settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008005. View the official record →
Castle Ring is a hillfort situated near Osmaston in Derbyshire, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008005.
Castle Ring defended settlement 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 1008005.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blackstone's Low bowl barrow (7.5 km), Harboro' Cave (7.9 km), Romano-British settlement and field system at Rainster Rocks (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Ring defended settlement'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.
Castle Ring defended settlement stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.