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Eaton Camp

England

List entry 1001756

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1001756

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

9.73 hectares

Grid reference

SO 45397 39300

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Eaton Camp is a univallate hillfort situated in Herefordshire, England. The monument consists of a single bank and ditch defence system enclosing an area of approximately three hectares on elevated terrain. Dating to the Iron Age, the hillfort represents a significant settlement and defensive structure from this prehistoric period. The site's strategic location and fortification design reflect the settlement patterns and territorial organisation characteristic of Iron Age communities in the Welsh Marches region.

Eaton Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001756. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Eaton Camp?

Eaton Camp is a univallate hillfort situated in Herefordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001756.

Who is responsible for protecting Eaton Camp?

Eaton 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 1001756.

What other scheduled monuments are near Eaton Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site SW of the church (1.9 km), Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard (3.4 km), Thruxton Tump, a motte castle at Thruxton Court (5 km).

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Overview

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

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Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site SW of the church

1.9 km

Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard

3.4 km

Thruxton Tump, a motte castle at Thruxton Court

Bullingham Old Church

6.1 km

Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard

6.6 km

Aconbury Camp

8 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Eaton Camp

Eaton Camp stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Eaton Camp

KenchesterRoman town · ~2.3 miles

Domesday entry for Eaton, Gloucestershire →

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