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King's Weston Hill camp is an Iron Age hillfort located near Henbury in Gloucestershire. The monument consists of a substantial earthwork comprising multiple defensive banks and ditches that enclose the summit of the hill, characteristic of the later Iron Age period. The site commands significant views across the surrounding landscape and would have served as a defensive stronghold and probable administrative centre for the local Iron Age community. The fort represents an important example of hillfort construction in the Cotswold region during the final centuries before the Roman conquest of Britain.
King's Weston Hill camp, Henbury is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002479. View the official record →
King's Weston Hill camp is an Iron Age hillfort located near Henbury in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002479.
King's Weston Hill camp, Henbury 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 1002479.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bet tohorah at Jacob's Wells Road (5.6 km), Civil War defences on Brandon Hill (5.8 km), Part of Bristol city wall 185m west of Bristol Bridge (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of King's Weston Hill camp, Henbury'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.
King's Weston Hill camp, Henbury stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.