Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLarge multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm

Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm

England
List entry 1004529
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004529
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.27 hectares
Grid reference
ST6576692766
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm is a substantial Iron Age defensive settlement located in Gloucestershire. The monument comprises multiple concentric earthwork banks and ditches, characteristic of the multivallate hillfort tradition of southern Britain during the Iron Age period. Such fortified hilltops served as centres for settlement, refuge, and territorial control, reflecting the social organisation and defensive concerns of Iron Age communities. The survival of its earthwork ramparts makes this site significant for understanding the evolution of hillfort construction and the landscape of Iron Age Gloucestershire.

Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004529. View the official record →

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What is Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm?

Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm is a substantial Iron Age defensive settlement located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004529.

Who is responsible for protecting Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm?

Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm 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 1004529.

What other scheduled monuments are near Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The buried remains of the medieval fortified house and the C16 privy garden at Thornbury Castle (3.1 km), Hillfort and associated Romano-British occupation at Little Abbey, Alveston (4 km), Minor Romano-British villa 300m north west of Tapwell Bridge (4.1 km).

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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm

Large multivallate hillfort 205m east of Luce's Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.