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Castle Hill is a multiphase hillfort and agricultural landscape monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises an Iron Age hillfort with evidence of later occupation, together with extensive lynchets that demonstrate medieval and post-medieval cultivation practices on the surrounding slopes. The hillfort itself represents settlement and defensive activity characteristic of the Iron Age period, whilst the lynchets, formed by repeated ploughing along contours, illustrate the sustained agricultural use of the landscape through subsequent centuries. The juxtaposition of these features on Castle Hill provides archaeological evidence of continuity and change in land use from prehistoric settlement through to early modern farming practices.
Hillfort and lynchets on Castle Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016324. View the official record →
Castle Hill is a multiphase hillfort and agricultural landscape monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016324.
Hillfort and lynchets on Castle 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 1016324.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa 530m west of Stanton House (2 km), Roman rural sanctuary on Groundwell Ridge, east of Lady Lane (2.5 km), Medieval cross in St Mary's churchyard (7.3 km).
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