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Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill

England
List entry 1002767
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002767
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
13.37 hectares
Grid reference
ST 84913 12223
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hambledon Hill Causewayed Enclosure is a Neolithic monument located near Stourpaine in Dorset, England, dating to approximately 3500 to 3000 BCE. The site consists of multiple concentric ditches interrupted by causeways or bridges, which give the monument its distinctive character and name. Excavations in the 1960s and subsequent decades, particularly by Christopher Gingell and others, revealed evidence of occupation, ritual activity, and a significant degree of violence, including skeletal remains showing evidence of warfare. The site represents one of the finest examples of a causewayed enclosure in southern England and provides crucial evidence for understanding early agricultural settlement patterns and community organisation during the Neolithic period.

Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002767. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill?

Hambledon Hill Causewayed Enclosure is a Neolithic monument located near Stourpaine in Dorset, England, dating to approximately 3500 to 3000 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002767.

Who is responsible for protecting Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill?

Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill 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 1002767.

What other scheduled monuments are near Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rowbarrow, 500m north west of Hedge End Farm (6.1 km), Bowl barrow 900m north west of Pond Down Buildings (6.9 km), St Leonard's Chapel (7.2 km).

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Overview
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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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Rowbarrow, 500m north west of Hedge End Farm
6.1 km
Bowl barrow 900m north west of Pond Down Buildings
6.9 km
St Leonard's Chapel
7.2 km
Bowl barrow 800m north west of North Barn Farm on Houghton North Down
7.6 km
Earthwork S of Meriden Wood, and adjoining round barrow
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 950m NNE Bulbarrow Farm
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 150m north east of Dunbury
9 km
Earthworks SE of Park Wood, including round barrow
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill

Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill

Cadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~15.8 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~16.6 milesMaiden CastleArchaeological site · ~18.6 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~21.3 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~18.6 miles
Domesday entry for Iwerne, Dorset →
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