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Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp

England
List entry 1014528
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014528
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.01 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 43816 09046
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ranscombe Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Sussex, England, situated on the South Downs. The site is defined by substantial earthwork defences consisting of a single bank and ditch system that encloses an area of archaeological significance. Though limited detailed excavation has been conducted at the site, the hillfort is typically attributed to the Iron Age period, when such fortified settlements served as centres of habitation, storage, and defence across southern Britain. The monument remains a significant example of Iron Age settlement archaeology within the Sussex landscape and is protected as a scheduled ancient monument.

Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014528. View the official record →

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What is Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp?

Ranscombe Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Sussex, England, situated on the South Downs. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014528.

Who is responsible for protecting Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp?

Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp 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 1014528.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton (6.9 km), Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye (7 km), Five Lord's Burghs round barrow (7.3 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton
6.9 km
Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye
7 km
Five Lord's Burghs round barrow
7.3 km
Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye
7.7 km
Bowl barrow, 870m NNE of Blackstone Barn
8.1 km
Bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye, 650m south west of Pedlersburgh
8.3 km
Bowl barrow, the north westernmost barrow of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill
8.4 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill
8.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp

Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Hillfort known as Ranscombe Camp

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~2.9 miles
Domesday entry for Beddingham, Sussex →
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