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Little Dean camp is a univallate hillfort situated in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The monument consists of a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an irregular polygonal area, adapted to the contours of the hilltop on which it stands. Dating to the Iron Age, the fort represents a typical example of the defended settlements constructed during the later prehistoric period in the Welsh Marches region. The site's strategic location within the Forest of Dean suggests it may have served both defensive and administrative functions within the local Iron Age community.
Little Dean camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004863. View the official record →
Little Dean camp is a univallate hillfort situated in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004863.
Little Dean camp 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 1004863.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Welshbury hillfort and associated earthworks (2 km), Medieval ringwork castle and associated Civil War earthwork defence (2.3 km), Gunns Mills furnace (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Little Dean camp'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.
Little Dean camp stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.