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Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar

England
List entry 1019533
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019533
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.56 hectares
Grid reference
SX 71530 37015
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar is a prehistoric earthwork situated in Devon. The monument comprises an enclosed hilltop defensive or settlement site, likely dating to the Iron Age period based on its morphological characteristics. The enclosure is defined by surviving earthwork banks and ditches that delineate the perimeter of the defended area. Such hilltop enclosures are typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the Southwest of England, serving purposes that may have included settlement, stock control, or ritual functions.

Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019533. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar?

Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar is a prehistoric earthwork situated in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019533.

Who is responsible for protecting Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar?

Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar 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 1019533.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval farmstead, boundary work and earthwork enclosures 350m south east of Middle Soar (0.2 km), Field systems, hut circles and four beacons, 510m south of Middle Soar (0.5 km), Post-medieval animal pound 430m south of East Soar Farm (0.6 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval farmstead, boundary work and earthwork enclosures 350m south east of Middle Soar
0.2 km
Field systems, hut circles and four beacons, 510m south of Middle Soar
0.5 km
Post-medieval animal pound 430m south of East Soar Farm
0.6 km
Coaxial field system, hut circles and medieval farm buildings at Starehole Bottom
1.1 km
Bowl barrow 210m south of West Soar
1.2 km
Medieval farmstead and field system at Warren Barn, 500m south and 400m south west of West Soar
1.3 km
Regular aggregate field system 480m west of West Soar
1.7 km
Two hut circles and associated field systems and enclosure at Mousehill Brake
1.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar

Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar stands on Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mica schist.

Domesday entry for Soar, Devon →
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