Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring

Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring

England
List entry 1005602
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005602
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.98 hectares
Grid reference
SU 01225 35379
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring?

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).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring

Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.