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Little Doward Camp is an Iron Age hillfort situated on a prominent ridge overlooking the River Wye in Herefordshire. The site comprises a univallate fortification with a single defensive rampart and ditch, enclosing approximately 3.7 hectares on the summit of the hill. Occupation and use of the site are generally attributed to the Iron Age period, though the precise chronology of construction and abandonment remains subject to ongoing archaeological interpretation. The hillfort's strategic position commanding views of the Wye valley and surrounding landscape reflects typical Iron Age settlement placement and territorial control of this borderland region.
Little Doward Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001766. View the official record →
Little Doward Camp is an Iron Age hillfort situated on a prominent ridge overlooking the River Wye in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001766.
Little Doward 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 1001766.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section in Highbury Plains, 370m west of Birt's Barn (7.9 km), Offa's Dyke: section immediately north west of Coxbury Farm (8.2 km), Village cross at Clearwell (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Little Doward 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 Doward Camp stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.