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Horsenden Hill is a Iron Age hillfort located in Greenford, Middlesex. The monument consists of a univallate enclosure defined by a substantial ditch and bank system, which encloses an area of approximately 12 acres at the summit of the hill. Occupation evidence and artefactual material indicate settlement activity during the Iron Age period, though the precise chronology and duration of use remain matters of archaeological study. The hillfort's strategic position overlooking the valley of the River Brent would have offered defensive advantages and control over local routeways during the later prehistoric period.
Iron Age settlement on Horsenden Hill, Greenford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001970. View the official record →
Horsenden Hill is a Iron Age hillfort located in Greenford, Middlesex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001970.
Iron Age settlement on Horsenden Hill, Greenford 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 1001970.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site, 454m south-west of Sudbury Golf Club House (0.7 km), Northolt Manor, moated site (2.9 km), Hanwell flight of locks and brick boundary wall of St Bernard's Hospital (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age settlement on Horsenden Hill, Greenford'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 settlement on Horsenden Hill, Greenford stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.