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The Iron Age fort located 900 metres north-east of Dale Hole Cottage in Norfolk is a scheduled ancient monument representing defensive settlement activity during the later prehistoric period. The site's earthwork defences survive in the form of ditches and banks characteristic of Iron Age hillfort or enclosed settlement construction, though the specific morphology and extent of surviving features would require detailed archaeological survey to document comprehensively. Such enclosed settlements were typically occupied during the Iron Age, roughly from the 8th century BC until the Roman conquest in the 1st century AD, and served functions ranging from seasonal refuges to permanent defended communities with economic and possibly administrative significance. The monument's scheduling reflects its importance as archaeological evidence for Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive practices in East Anglia.
Iron Age fort 900m north east of Dale Hole Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018014. View the official record →
The Iron Age fort located 900 metres north-east of Dale Hole Cottage in Norfolk is a scheduled ancient monument representing defensive settlement activity during the later prehistoric period.
Iron Age fort 900m north east of Dale Hole Cottage 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 1018014.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman barrow 125m south west of Leath House (3 km), Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery (4.8 km), Bowl barrow and pill box 430m WSW of Burnham Westgate Hall (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age fort 900m north east of Dale Hole Cottage'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 fort 900m north east of Dale Hole Cottage stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.