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Garden Hill is a multi-period archaeological site near Graffham in West Sussex that encompasses evidence of Iron Age occupation, Roman activity, and post-Roman industrial use. The site preserves the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, whose defensive earthworks form the primary visible feature, alongside evidence of Roman settlement and exploitation of the site's resources. Iron working activity, attested by archaeological finds and residual evidence, indicates industrial use during the Roman period or later antiquity. The palimpsest of occupation at Garden Hill reflects the strategic and economic importance of this Sussex hilltop across more than a thousand years of southern English history.
Hillfort, Roman villa and iron works on Garden Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014524. View the official record →
Garden Hill is a multi-period archaeological site near Graffham in West Sussex that encompasses evidence of Iron Age occupation, Roman activity, and post-Roman industrial use. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014524.
Hillfort, Roman villa and iron works on Garden 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 1014524.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British bloomery in Pippingford Park, 775m north-east of Pippingford House (0.7 km), Pillow mounds on Ashdown Forest (1.2 km), Bowl barrow 300m east of Tile Lodge (2.4 km).
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