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Cleeve Hill camp is a hillfort situated on elevated ground near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. The site dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant defensive settlement of that period, demonstrating the strategic use of high ground for settlement and control of the surrounding landscape. The camp is defined by substantial earthwork defences comprising ditches and banks that enclose an irregular polygonal area, adapting to the contours of the hilltop. Such hillforts were characteristic of Iron Age communities across southern Britain and served functions encompassing defence, settlement, and territorial assertion.
Cleeve Hill camp near Cheltenham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002132. View the official record →
Cleeve Hill camp is a hillfort situated on elevated ground near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002132.
Cleeve Hill camp near Cheltenham 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 1002132.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp at Upper Dowdeswell (6.8 km), Lineover long barrow, 530m south west of Castle Barn Farm (7 km), Bowl barrow known as St Paul's Epistle Mound (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cleeve Hill camp near Cheltenham'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.
Cleeve Hill camp near Cheltenham stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.