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Credenhill Camp is a hillfort located near Hereford in Herefordshire, dating to the Iron Age. The site is defined by substantial defensive earthworks comprising multiple banks and ditches that encircle the hilltop, characteristic of the promontory fort tradition of the period. The camp occupies a strategically prominent position that would have afforded commanding views of the surrounding landscape and the River Wye valley. As with many such fortifications in the Welsh borderlands, Credenhill Camp represents an important centre of settlement and defence during the later prehistoric period, though detailed chronological refinement of its occupation remains subject to ongoing archaeological investigation.
Credenhill Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005526. View the official record →
Credenhill Camp is a hillfort located near Hereford in Herefordshire, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005526.
Credenhill Camp 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 1005526.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Romano-British town of Magna (2.2 km), Medieval bridge 870m north east of Stretton Court Farm (2.6 km), New Weir Roman site (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Credenhill Camp'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.
Credenhill Camp stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.