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Iron Age defended settlement 525m ENE of Elberton Manor is a hillfort or enclosed settlement of Iron Age date located in Gloucestershire. The site is characterised by defensive earthworks comprising banks and ditches that would have enclosed a residential and possibly administrative centre during the Iron Age period, roughly between the 8th and 1st centuries BC. Such settlements served as focal points for tribal communities, offering protection and facilitating control of surrounding agricultural lands and trade routes. The specific topography and scale of the defences at this location reflect the strategic importance of hillforts in Iron Age Gloucestershire, a region of considerable archaeological significance during the late prehistoric period.
Iron Age defended settlement 525m ENE of Elberton Manor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002478. View the official record →
Iron Age defended settlement 525m ENE of Elberton Manor is a hillfort or enclosed settlement of Iron Age date located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002478.
Iron Age defended settlement 525m ENE of Elberton Manor 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 1002478.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Olveston Court moat complex and earthworks (1.6 km), Bowl barrow re-used as a moot 205m SSE of Chelwood (1.8 km), Banjo enclosure 245m north west of Lower Hazel Farm (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age defended settlement 525m ENE of Elberton Manor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Iron Age defended settlement 525m ENE of Elberton Manor stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.