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Little Dean camp is a multivallate hillfort located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, positioned on high ground that commands views across the surrounding terrain. The monument consists of multiple defensive earthwork banks and ditches arranged in a roughly circular or oval configuration, characteristic of Iron Age defensive settlements in the British Midlands and Welsh Borderlands. Dating to the Iron Age, likely the middle to late Iron Age period, the camp represents a significant example of prehistoric fortified settlement in this region of western England. The site's strategic location within the Forest of Dean suggests its importance as a defended settlement or tribal focal point during the later prehistoric period.
Little Dean camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004863. View the official record →
Little Dean camp is a multivallate hillfort located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, positioned on high ground that commands views across the surrounding terrain. 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).
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