Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMultivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville

Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville

England
List entry 1011394
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011394
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.73 hectares
Grid reference
NT 94783 02515
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Multivallate hillfort is an Iron Age defensive settlement situated approximately 70 metres east of Campville in Northumberland. The monument is characterised by multiple concentric earthwork banks and ditches, a defensive arrangement typical of later prehistoric hillforts in northern Britain. The site's multivallate design suggests construction during the later Iron Age period, when such elaborate fortifications were increasingly common in the region. The surviving earthworks represent a substantial investment in labour and engineering, indicating the settlement's strategic importance and the social organisation of its Iron Age inhabitants.

Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011394. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville?

Multivallate hillfort is an Iron Age defensive settlement situated approximately 70 metres east of Campville in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011394.

Who is responsible for protecting Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville?

Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville 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 1011394.

What other scheduled monuments are near Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bastle, 500m west of High Shaw (4.5 km), Bastle at The Raw Farm (4.6 km), 18th century water mill at Grasslees (4.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville

Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of Campville stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.