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Ilbury Camp hillfort

England
List entry 1015167
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015167
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5.24 hectares
Grid reference
SP 43777 30549
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ilbury Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Oxfordshire, England. The site is defined by substantial earthwork defences comprising a single rampart and ditch system that enclose an irregular roughly oval enclosure. Dating evidence indicates occupation during the Iron Age, when such fortified settlements served as centres for habitation, storage, and defensive purposes. The hillfort represents an important example of Iron Age settlement patterns in the Oxfordshire landscape, preserving archaeological evidence of a significant period in prehistoric Britain.

Ilbury Camp hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015167. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ilbury Camp hillfort?

Ilbury Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Oxfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015167.

Who is responsible for protecting Ilbury Camp hillfort?

Ilbury Camp hillfort 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 1015167.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ilbury Camp hillfort?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hoar Stone portal dolmen situated in Enstone Firs (9.1 km), Medieval settlement and church of Asterleigh (9.1 km), Rectangular earthwork enclosure in Hill Wood, 650m south east of Grimsdyke Farm (9.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hoar Stone portal dolmen situated in Enstone Firs
9.1 km
Medieval settlement and church of Asterleigh
9.1 km
Rectangular earthwork enclosure in Hill Wood, 650m south east of Grimsdyke Farm
9.4 km
Pump Copse earthwork
9.5 km
145m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch situated 200m west of Grimsdyke Farm
9.5 km
Copping Knoll bowl barrow 200m south of Rose Cottage
9.6 km
380m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 200m ENE of Kiddington Lodge
9.7 km
Long barrow 250m south of Ellen's Lodge in Shilcott Wood on the Ditchley Park Estate
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ilbury Camp hillfort

Ilbury Camp hillfort stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Ilbury Camp hillfort

AlchesterRoman town · ~10.5 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~19.4 milesWhilton LodgeRoman town · ~23.7 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~24.2 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~10.3 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~11.3 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~12.6 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~15.8 miles
Domesday entry for Ilbury, Oxfordshire →
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