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Saxonbury Hill is a Iron Age hillfort located in Sussex, England, situated within an area of archaeological and historical interest. The monument comprises defensive earthworks characteristic of the Iron Age period, with banks and ditches forming the characteristic fortification design of that era. A nineteenth-century folly was subsequently constructed upon or near the hillfort, representing the later antiquarian interest in the site common during that period. The site remains an important example of Iron Age settlement and defensive architecture in the Sussex landscape.
Hillfort and 19th century folly on Saxonbury Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014525. View the official record →
Saxonbury Hill is a Iron Age hillfort located in Sussex, England, situated within an area of archaeological and historical interest. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014525.
Hillfort and 19th century folly on Saxonbury Hill 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 1014525.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Riverhall blast furnace (2.4 km), Medieval moated site and post-Medieval ice-house, Moat Farm (4.5 km), Mayfield iron furnace (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hillfort and 19th century folly on Saxonbury Hill'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 and 19th century folly on Saxonbury Hill stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.