Scheduled MonumentsEnglandHillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation

Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation

England
List entry 1017244
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017244
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.22 hectares
Grid reference
SK 06204 03273
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation is a hillfort located in Staffordshire. The site represents an Iron Age fortification, characteristic of prehistoric defensive settlements constructed across the British landscape during the first millennium before the Common Era. The earthworks comprise defensive banks and ditches that would have enclosed a settlement area, typical of hillforts from this period which served both practical and symbolic functions within their communities. Such monuments are significant in understanding settlement patterns and social organisation in Iron Age Britain prior to the Roman conquest.

Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017244. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation?

The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation is a hillfort located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017244.

Who is responsible for protecting Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation?

Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation 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 1017244.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman site, Letocetum (4.7 km), Hlaew 12m north west of Rushall Hall (5 km), Medieval fortified house at Rushall Hall (5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation

Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.