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Great Howle Camp is a hillfort located in Herefordshire, England, situated in the upland terrain characteristic of the county's western reaches. The monument dates to the Iron Age and represents a defensive settlement typical of its period, featuring the earthwork remains of ramparts and ditches that define its fortified enclosure. The camp occupies a strategically elevated position that would have provided commanding views of the surrounding landscape, a common characteristic of hillforts constructed during the later prehistoric period. As a scheduled monument, Great Howle Camp represents an important surviving example of Iron Age settlement archaeology in the English-Welsh borderland region.
Great Howle Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001745. View the official record →
Great Howle Camp is a hillfort located in Herefordshire, England, situated in the upland terrain characteristic of the county's western reaches. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001745.
Great Howle 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 1001745.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section 480m south east of Stowfield Farm (3.6 km), Offa's Dyke: section 330m south west of Stowfield Farm (4 km), Offa's Dyke: section 650m south west of Stowfield Farm (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Great Howle 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.
Great Howle Camp stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.