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Hilltop enclosure 330m south of Hardstone Cottage is a prehistoric earthwork located in Devon, England. The monument comprises an enclosed hilltop settlement defined by defensive banks and ditches typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the South West. The site's elevated position and fortified character suggest its function as a defended settlement or refuge during the later prehistoric period. The earthwork survives as an archaeological feature of regional significance for understanding Iron Age occupation and land use in Devon.
Hilltop enclosure 330m south of Hardstone Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020070. View the official record →
Hilltop enclosure 330m south of Hardstone Cottage is a prehistoric earthwork located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020070.
Hilltop enclosure 330m south of Hardstone Cottage 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 1020070.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Holmbush Mine: Hitchen's Shaft complex (6.6 km), Holmbush Mine: Windsor Lane rotative engine house with adjacent boiler house, loadings and platform (6.7 km), The South Hill inscribed stone, an early Christian memorial stone in South Hill churchyard, 50m west of St Sampson's Church (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hilltop enclosure 330m south of Hardstone Cottage'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.
Hilltop enclosure 330m south of Hardstone Cottage stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.