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Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill

England
List entry 1016214
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016214
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.92 hectares
Grid reference
SS 75716 26373
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors is an ancient hillfort located in Devon, England, situated approximately 640 metres north-east of Garliford Mill. The monument dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant example of prehistoric defensive settlement in the region. The site is defined by its characteristic earthwork defences, which survive as visible archaeological features across the moorland landscape. As a scheduled monument and listed heritage asset, it remains an important record of Iron Age settlement patterns and territorial organisation in south-west England.

Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016214. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill?

Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors is an ancient hillfort located in Devon, England, situated approximately 640 metres north-east of Garliford Mill. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016214.

Who is responsible for protecting Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill?

Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill 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 1016214.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross 6.5m west of Twitchen church (5.2 km), Hillfort 400m north west of Woodhouse (6 km), Camp in East Kidland Wood (6 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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Churchyard cross 6.5m west of Twitchen church
5.2 km
Hillfort 400m north west of Woodhouse
6 km
Camp in East Kidland Wood
6 km
Two conjoined bowl barrows 190m south of Rews Cross
6.2 km
St Rumon's Well, 16m north of church
6.5 km
Churchyard cross 20m south of Romansleigh church
6.5 km
Two bowl barrows 100m east of Catkill Cross
6.9 km
Round barrow cemetery on West Burrow Moor
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill

Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Hillfort on Whitechapel Moors, 640m north east of Garliford Mill

ExeterRoman town · ~23.3 miles
Domesday entry for Nympton, Devon →
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