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Banbury Hill Hillfort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Dorset, England. The site is defined by substantial defensive earthworks comprising a single or multiple ramparts with associated ditches that encircle the hilltop position, typical of Iron Age hillfort construction in southern Britain. The fortification dates to the Iron Age period, representing an important example of the defended settlements that characterised this era across Dorset and the wider region. Such hillforts served defensive, administrative, and possibly ceremonial functions within Iron Age communities.
Hillfort on Banbury Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018873. View the official record →
Banbury Hill Hillfort is an Iron Age fortified settlement located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018873.
Hillfort on Banbury 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 1018873.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks SE of Park Wood, including round barrow (7.9 km), Bowl barrow on Green Hill 350m north west of Keepers Cottage (8 km), Earthworks on Houghton South Down, including group of three round barrows (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hillfort on Banbury 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 on Banbury Hill stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.