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Old Winchester Hill is a multiphase Iron Age hillfort located near Meon in Hampshire, England, which encompasses substantial earthwork defences comprising multiple banks and ditches that define its roughly oval plan. The site demonstrates occupation and use spanning the Iron Age period, with archaeological evidence indicating habitation and defensive construction typical of later prehistoric settlement hierarchies in southern Britain. Beyond the main hillfort enclosure, the monument complex includes associated round barrows, an oval barrow, field systems, and additional earthwork enclosures that attest to broader patterns of land use, burial practice, and agricultural organisation across the wider landscape. These complementary features collectively illustrate the Iron Age settlement and land management practices of this region, with the hillfort itself representing a significant defensive and possibly administrative centre within the prehistoric landscape of Hampshire.
Hillfort, oval barrow, round barrows, field systems and earthwork enclosure on Old Winchester Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017899. View the official record →
Old Winchester Hill is a multiphase Iron Age hillfort located near Meon in Hampshire, England, which encompasses substantial earthwork defences comprising multiple banks and ditches that define its roughly oval plan. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017899.
Hillfort, oval barrow, round barrows, field systems and earthwork enclosure on Old Winchester 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 1017899.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 825m north of Old Winchester Hill (0.8 km), Long barrow 640m south-east of Stock's Farm (1.1 km), Bowl barrow on Teglease Down, 600m north east of Little West End Farm (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hillfort, oval barrow, round barrows, field systems and earthwork enclosure on Old Winchester 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, oval barrow, round barrows, field systems and earthwork enclosure on Old Winchester Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.