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Dixton Hill camp is a univallate Iron Age hillfort situated in Gloucestershire. The monument comprises a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an irregular roughly circular or oval enclosure on elevated ground. The fort is characteristic of upland Iron Age settlement patterns in the Severn Valley region, where such fortified sites served defensive and administrative functions during the later prehistoric period. The earthwork remains, though reduced by subsequent land use, preserve evidence of this significant period of settlement and territorial organisation in the West Midlands.
Dixton Hill camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004874. View the official record →
Dixton Hill camp is a univallate Iron Age hillfort situated in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004874.
Dixton Hill 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 1004874.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Belas Knap long barrow 600m ESE of Hill Barn Farm (6.3 km), Moated Site 570m west of Laxton Meadow Farm (6.3 km), Bowl barrow 100m south west of Belas Knap (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dixton Hill 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.
Dixton Hill camp stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.