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Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring is a Iron Age hillfort located near Hanging Langford in Wiltshire. The site comprises a substantial univallate or bivallate earthwork with defensive ditches and ramparts characteristic of Iron Age settlement and fortification. The monument occupies a commanding position in the landscape and represents an important example of prehistoric defensive architecture in the region. The earthwork remains visible as a series of linear and curved banks and ditches that define the enclosure's perimeter and internal features.
Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005602. View the official record →
Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring is a Iron Age hillfort located near Hanging Langford in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005602.
Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring 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 1005602.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hydon Hill round barrows (8.5 km), Hut Bottom round barrow (8.6 km), Two barrows W of Stoke Down (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring'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.
Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.