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Earthwork on Cleeve Common is a scheduled ancient monument located on Cleeve Common in Gloucestershire. The site comprises an earthwork of Iron Age or Romano-British date, reflecting the complex settlement and land use patterns characteristic of the later prehistoric and Romano-British periods in the region. The earthwork survives as a substantial upstanding feature on the common, contributing to the archaeological record of this elevated Cotswold plateau landscape. Its precise function remains subject to interpretation, though such earthworks commonly served defensive, ritual, or territorial purposes during these periods.
Earthwork on Cleeve Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002084. View the official record →
Earthwork on Cleeve Common is a scheduled ancient monument located on Cleeve Common in Gloucestershire.
Earthwork on Cleeve Common 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 1002084.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard (6.3 km), Hillfort 320m north east of Castle Barn Farm (7.3 km), Roman small town at Wycomb (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthwork on Cleeve Common'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.
Earthwork on Cleeve Common stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.