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Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp

England
List entry 1017340
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017340
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
37.83 hectares
Grid reference
SP 17397 20821
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Salmonsbury Camp is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort located near Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire. The site comprises multiple defensive earthwork ramparts and ditches which enclose an area of considerable extent, characteristic of major fortified settlements of the late Iron Age period. Archaeological evidence and topographical survey indicate its construction and use during the later pre-Roman Iron Age, likely serving as a significant regional centre for the surrounding population. The monument survives as substantial earthwork remains and represents an important example of Iron Age defensive architecture in the Cotswolds region.

Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017340. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp?

Salmonsbury Camp is a multivallate Iron Age hillfort located near Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017340.

Who is responsible for protecting Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp?

Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp 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 1017340.

What other scheduled monuments are near Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement site (3.4 km), Round barrow 230m north west of Camp Farm (5.7 km), Bowl barrow 120m north of Home Farm (6.7 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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement site
3.4 km
Round barrow 230m north west of Camp Farm
5.7 km
Bowl barrow 120m north of Home Farm
6.7 km
Norbury camp
7.3 km
Bowl barrow, known as Bauble's Barrow, 500m south of Empshill Farm
7.4 km
Bowl barrow, known as Norbury Camp round barrow, 220m south east of Fosseleigh
7.5 km
Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington
7.6 km
Bowl barrow 250m west of Woeful Lake Farm
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp

Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp

CirencesterRoman town · ~15 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~21.3 milesAlcesterRoman town · ~23.3 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~24.7 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~4.7 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~17.1 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~20.6 miles
Domesday entry for Bourton, Gloucestershire →
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