Scheduled MonumentsEnglandEnclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm

England
List entry 1013511
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013511
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.41 hectares
Grid reference
SO 40121 86893
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm is an archaeological site in Shropshire dating to the Iron Age. The monument consists of a rectilinear enclosure, typical of farming settlements of this period in the English Midlands, which would have functioned as a defensive or stock-containing structure around domestic and agricultural buildings. Such enclosed farmsteads represent a significant settlement form in Iron Age Britain, reflecting organised land use and community structure during the pre-Roman period. The site's preservation as an earthwork makes it an important resource for understanding Iron Age settlement patterns and subsistence strategies in the region.

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013511. View the official record →

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What is Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm?

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm is an archaeological site in Shropshire dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013511.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm?

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm 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 1013511.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Farm moat and associated water management features, Cheney Longville (2.6 km), Bowl barrow 120m south west of Belair (4.1 km), Small multivallate hillfort at Burrow, 750m WSW of St Mary's Church (4.3 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
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.