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Hillfort 320m north east of Castle Barn Farm is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Gloucestershire. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument and represents a form of defensive earthwork characteristic of the Iron Age period in Britain. The fortification comprises substantial earthen ramparts and ditches arranged to command the surrounding landscape, demonstrating the strategic importance of the location to its Iron Age inhabitants. Such hillforts served as centres of settlement, refuge, and economic activity for prehistoric communities across the English Midlands and Welsh borders.
Hillfort 320m north east of Castle Barn Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018170. View the official record →
Hillfort 320m north east of Castle Barn Farm is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018170.
Hillfort 320m north east of Castle Barn Farm 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 1018170.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow N of Chedworth Roman villa (7.3 km), Chedworth Roman villa (7.8 km), Round barrow 830m north east of Combend Farm (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hillfort 320m north east of Castle Barn Farm'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.
Hillfort 320m north east of Castle Barn Farm stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.