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The Civil War defences on Brandon Hill are a seventeenth-century fortification located in Gloucestershire, constructed during the English Civil War period. The site comprises earthwork fortifications typical of the hastily constructed defensive works that characterised the conflict, designed to command the local landscape and control movement through the region. Such defences reflect the strategic importance of Gloucestershire during the Civil War, when control of key positions was contested between Parliamentary and Royalist forces. The earthworks survive as physical evidence of the military engineering and tactical concerns of this turbulent period in English history.
Civil War defences on Brandon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006989. View the official record →
The Civil War defences on Brandon Hill are a seventeenth-century fortification located in Gloucestershire, constructed during the English Civil War period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006989.
Civil War defences on Brandon 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 1006989.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in St Mary and St Peter's churchyard (8.6 km), Decoy Control Building (8.8 km), Littleton gunpowder works at Powdermill Farm (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Civil War defences on Brandon Hill'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.
Civil War defences on Brandon Hill stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.