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Hardwell Camp is a promontory fort located in Berkshire, England, which dates to the Iron Age. The site occupies a naturally defensive position and is defined by substantial earthwork defences that exploit the topography of the promontory. The fort represents an important example of Iron Age settlement and defensive architecture in the southern English landscape, reflecting the period's patterns of territorial control and community organisation. Its construction and use demonstrate the significance of hillforts as centres of power, storage, and refuge during the Iron Age period.
Hardwell Camp promontory fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017820. View the official record →
Hardwell Camp is a promontory fort located in Berkshire, England, which dates to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017820.
Hardwell Camp promontory fort 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 1017820.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross dyke and field banks in Peaks Wood 210m east of Hellscomb Cottages (8.3 km), Ditch on Boydon Hole Farm (8.6 km), Bowl barrow on Farncombe Down, 500m south west of Baydon Hole (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hardwell Camp promontory fort'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.
Hardwell Camp promontory fort stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.