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Nadbury Camp

England
List entry 1003724
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003724
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.97 hectares
Grid reference
SP 38946 48215
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Nadbury Camp is a small Iron Age hillfort situated in Warwickshire, occupying a naturally defensible position typical of settlements from this period. The monument comprises earthwork defences in the form of banks and ditches that enclose an area of archaeological significance, representing the settlement patterns and territorial arrangements of Iron Age communities in the Midlands. Its construction and use date to the Iron Age, a period when such fortified enclosures served defensive, administrative, and possibly ceremonial functions for local populations. The site remains an important record of prehistoric settlement in the region and contributes to understanding of Iron Age land use and social organisation in central England.

Nadbury Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003724. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Nadbury Camp?

Nadbury Camp is a small Iron Age hillfort situated in Warwickshire, occupying a naturally defensible position typical of settlements from this period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003724.

Who is responsible for protecting Nadbury Camp?

Nadbury 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 1003724.

What other scheduled monuments are near Nadbury Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Peter ad Vincula churchyard (1.1 km), Motte and bailey castle 130m north west of Manor Farm (1.3 km), Old chapel and priest's house (3.8 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Nadbury Camp

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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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Churchyard cross, St Peter ad Vincula churchyard
1.1 km
Motte and bailey castle 130m north west of Manor Farm
1.3 km
Old chapel and priest's house
3.8 km
Gredenton Hill Camp
3.9 km
Beacon Tower
3.9 km
Lyncheted ridge and furrow N of Shenington
5.5 km
Standing cross immediately south of the Church of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Middle Tysoe
6.2 km
Standing cross immediately south of All Saints Church
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Nadbury Camp

Nadbury Camp stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Nadbury Camp

Whilton LodgeRoman town · ~17.1 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~18.7 milesAlcesterRoman town · ~19.4 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~20.7 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~2.4 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~5.7 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~7.6 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~17.8 miles
Domesday entry for Arlescote, Warwickshire →
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