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Castle Hill is a multiphase hillfort located near Mere in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises an Iron Age hillfort with substantial earthwork defences consisting of a single or double bank and ditch system enclosing an irregular polygonal area on the hilltop. Later medieval and post-medieval activity is evidenced by the presence of lynchets, terraced field boundaries cut into the hillslope, which overlay and utilise the earlier fortification. The hillfort represents a significant prehistoric defensive settlement, whilst the lynchets demonstrate the site's continued agricultural use and modification during the medieval period.
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 located near Mere 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hillfort and lynchets on Castle 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 lynchets on Castle Hill stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.