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Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House

England
List entry 1008402
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008402
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.41 hectares
Grid reference
SP 25855 28228
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Chastleton Barrow is a hillfort located in Oxfordshire, south of Barrow House, dating to the Iron Age period. The monument comprises an enclosure defined by a substantial bank and ditch system that encloses an area of elevated ground. The site represents a characteristic example of Iron Age defensive settlement strategy in the Cotswolds region, reflecting the territorial and communal organisation of prehistoric communities in this area. The earthwork remains survive as a scheduled monument and continue to provide evidence for understanding Iron Age settlement patterns in central England.

Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008402. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House?

Chastleton Barrow is a hillfort located in Oxfordshire, south of Barrow House, dating to the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008402.

Who is responsible for protecting Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House?

Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House 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 1008402.

What other scheduled monuments are near Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings (6.2 km), Skew Plantation bowl barrow (7.1 km), Knollbury camp hillfort (7.8 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
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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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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings
6.2 km
Skew Plantation bowl barrow
7.1 km
Knollbury camp hillfort
7.8 km
Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm
7.8 km
The Roundabout hillfort, 460m west of Barter's Hill Farm
7.9 km
Icomb camp
7.9 km
Lyneham long barrow and standing stone, 480m north east of Hill Barn
8.1 km
Idbury Camp hillfort
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House

Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Chastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow House

AlchesterRoman town · ~20.1 milesAlcesterRoman town · ~20.9 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~21.8 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~4.6 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~14.1 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~16.9 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~17.8 miles
Domesday entry for Chastleton, Oxfordshire →
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