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Civil War Fieldwork on Staddon Hill is a fortified earthwork constructed during the English Civil War in the mid-seventeenth century. Located in Devon, the site comprises defensive linear earthworks that formed part of the fortification strategy employed by one of the combatant forces during the conflict. The fieldwork demonstrates the military engineering practices of the period, with banks and ditches arranged to provide tactical advantage in the difficult topography of the Devon landscape. Such Civil War fortifications are relatively common across England but this example preserves important evidence of the localized defensive measures taken in the Southwest during the 1640s.
Civil War Fieldwork on Staddon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1476886. View the official record →
Civil War Fieldwork on Staddon Hill is a fortified earthwork constructed during the English Civil War in the mid-seventeenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1476886.
Civil War Fieldwork on Staddon 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 1476886.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lenwood bowl barrow, 50m south east of Lenwood Cottage (3.2 km), Cross ridge dyke on Godborough Castle earthwork NW of Turner's Wood (4.1 km), Kenwith Castle 330yds (300m) SE of Kenwith (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Civil War Fieldwork on Staddon 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 Fieldwork on Staddon Hill stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.