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Mowsbury Hill is a univallate hillfort situated in Bedfordshire, England, consisting of a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an elevated position. The site dates to the Iron Age and represents a modest example of hillfort construction characteristic of the period. In addition to its prehistoric defences, Mowsbury Hill later saw occupation and modification during the medieval period, when a moated site was established within or adjacent to the hillfort, indicating sustained use of the location across different historical phases. The dual occupation of the site, spanning from Iron Age through medieval times, reflects the strategic value of its elevated topography for successive communities.
Mowsbury Hill: slight univallate hillfort and medieval moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015588. View the official record →
Mowsbury Hill is a univallate hillfort situated in Bedfordshire, England, consisting of a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an elevated position. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015588.
Mowsbury Hill: slight univallate hillfort and medieval moated site 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 1015588.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Newnham Priory (4 km), Settlement site N of Chapel End Farm (5.3 km), Oval barrow 60m west of Ranworth Walk, 650m south west of Westfield School (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Mowsbury Hill: slight univallate hillfort and medieval moated site'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.
Mowsbury Hill: slight univallate hillfort and medieval moated site stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.