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Horsey Hill Fort is a Civil War fieldwork located in Huntingdonshire, England. The site occupies a position on high ground and represents military engineering of the English Civil War period, when such fortified positions were constructed across the country to control strategically important locations. The fort's earthwork defences remain visible in the landscape, preserving evidence of mid-seventeenth-century conflict and the fortification strategies employed during the war. As a scheduled monument, the site is protected under English heritage legislation and continues to be of archaeological and historical importance for understanding Civil War military installations in East Anglia.
Horsey Hill Fort: a Civil War fieldwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015201. View the official record →
Horsey Hill Fort is a Civil War fieldwork located in Huntingdonshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015201.
Horsey Hill Fort: a Civil War fieldwork 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 1015201.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 500m south of Bunting's Farm (1.7 km), Stanground Wash Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery (1.9 km), Roman field system and trackway with later field ditches and drove on Whittlesey Washes, 60m south of Bedford House (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Horsey Hill Fort: a Civil War fieldwork's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Horsey Hill Fort: a Civil War fieldwork stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.