Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHerefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3

Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3

England
List entry 1003814
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003814
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
19.29 hectares
Grid reference
SO 76057 39604
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Herefordshire Beacon Camp is a hillfort of Iron Age date located on Herefordshire Beacon in Worcestershire. The site commands extensive views across the borderland landscape and comprises a roughly oval enclosure defined by substantial ramparts and ditches, characteristic of the late pre-Roman Iron Age period. The monument represents an important example of defensive settlement and territorial control in the Welsh Marches region during the centuries immediately preceding the Roman conquest of Britain. Excavation and survey work has confirmed its Iron Age occupation, establishing it as a significant component of the regional pattern of hillforts that dominated the landscape during this period.

Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003814. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3?

Herefordshire Beacon Camp is a hillfort of Iron Age date located on Herefordshire Beacon in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003814.

Who is responsible for protecting Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3?

Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3 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 1003814.

What other scheduled monuments are near Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also WORCESTERSHIRE 3 (0 km), Little Malvern Priory (1 km), Dovecote at Barton Court (2.1 km).

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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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3

Herefordshire Beacon Camp See also HEREFORDSHIRE 3 stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.