Mill Hill

England
List entry 1002121
Nation
England
Boundary

Scheduled area

© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)

Overview

History & significance

Mill Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument located in Essex consisting of an Iron Age hillfort. The site is situated on elevated terrain and represents a defensive settlement of the pre-Roman Iron Age period. The monument comprises an enclosure defined by earthwork defences, characteristic of fortified settlements established during the later Iron Age in southeastern England. Such hillforts served as centres for settlement, storage, and defence during this period of British prehistory.

Mill Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002121. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Mill Hill?

Mill Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument located in Essex consisting of an Iron Age hillfort. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002121.

Who is responsible for protecting Mill Hill?

Mill Hill 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 1002121.

What other scheduled monuments are near Mill Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chiswick Hall moated site (2.4 km), Roman barrow 700m WNW of Clavering Farm (4.6 km), Roman villa at Chinnel Barn (5.1 km).

Aubrey Research

Generate a full report for this location

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in the UK — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.

Research the area around Mill Hill