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Ashley's Copse is a Iron Age hillfort located in Hampshire, England. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England (entry 1001796). The hillfort comprises a univallate defensive work, characteristic of Iron Age fortified settlements in southern England, and would have served as a territorial centre and place of refuge during the later prehistoric period. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive architecture in the Hampshire region.
Iron Age hillfort in Ashley's Copse See also WILTSHIRE 912 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001796. View the official record →
Ashley's Copse is a Iron Age hillfort located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001796.
Iron Age hillfort in Ashley's Copse See also WILTSHIRE 912 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 1001796.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of Roman road by Upper and Lower Noad's Copse (2.4 km), Roman road immediately south east of Buckholt Farm (3.7 km), Bowl barrow 90m west of Hill Lodge: one of a group of round barrows on Broughton Hill (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age hillfort in Ashley's Copse See also WILTSHIRE 912'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 hillfort in Ashley's Copse See also WILTSHIRE 912 stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.