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The Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill is a prehistoric defensive or settlement structure located northwest of North Farm in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of earthwork remains characteristic of Iron Age occupation, typically comprising ditched and banked fortifications that would have enclosed a domestic or communal space. Such enclosures in this region date to the Iron Age period, generally spanning the first millennium BCE, and served functions ranging from settlement protection to stock management and ritual demarcation of community boundaries. The site's location on higher ground reflects the strategic siting preferences common to Iron Age communities in Wiltshire, though the specific details of its construction and occupation history remain subjects of archaeological investigation.
Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007490. View the official record →
The Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill is a prehistoric defensive or settlement structure located northwest of North Farm in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007490.
Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm 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 1007490.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of barrows on Draycott Hill (5 km), Three bell barrows and a pillow mound 400m south-west of Knap Cottage (5.3 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm'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.
Iron Age enclosure on Overton Hill, 600m north west of North Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.