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Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House

England
List entry 1020160
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020160
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.32 hectares
Grid reference
SX 57217 53778, SX 57390 54072, SX 57618 54347
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wasteberry Camp is an Iron Age hillfort located approximately 800 metres north-west of Lyneham House in Devon. The site is defined by a single rampart with an external ditch, characteristic of Iron Age defensive earthworks in the region. In subsequent periods of use, the site functioned as a medieval deer park and later as a post-medieval warren, demonstrating continuity of land management practices across centuries. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains a significant example of Iron Age settlement hierarchy in Devon.

Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020160. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House?

Wasteberry Camp is an Iron Age hillfort located approximately 800 metres north-west of Lyneham House in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020160.

Who is responsible for protecting Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House?

Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House 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 1020160.

What other scheduled monuments are near Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deer park pale, 460m north east of Lyneham House (0.9 km), The Goreus Stone, immediately west of St Bartholomew's Church (2.4 km), Plympton Castle (3.3 km).

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Overview
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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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Deer park pale, 460m north east of Lyneham House
0.9 km
The Goreus Stone, immediately west of St Bartholomew's Church
2.4 km
Plympton Castle
3.3 km
Three bowl barrows at Creacombe Farm
4.5 km
Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe
5.4 km
Three bowl barrows 140m west of Borough Farm
5.5 km
Bowl barrow 470m south of Borough Farm
6 km
Round barrow on Burrow Hill
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House

Iron Age hillfort known as Wasteberry Camp, medieval deer park and post-medieval warren, 800m north west of Lyneham House stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Battisford, Devon →
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