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Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill

England
List entry 1017514
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017514
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.23 hectares
Grid reference
SP 71132 29955
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Norbury is a slight univallate hillfort located immediately east of Padbury Mill in Buckinghamshire, England. The monument is defined by a single defensive bank and ditch, which survives as a modest earthwork feature within the landscape. Dating to the Iron Age, the hillfort represents a period of fortified settlement characteristic of prehistoric Britain, though the specific chronology and duration of occupation remain subjects of archaeological study. The site's preservation and designation reflect its importance as evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in the region.

Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017514. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill?

Norbury is a slight univallate hillfort located immediately east of Padbury Mill in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017514.

Who is responsible for protecting Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill?

Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill 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 1017514.

What other scheduled monuments are near Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thornborough Bridge (3.6 km), Two Roman barrows 200m ENE of Thornborough Bridge (3.7 km), St Rumbold's Well (4 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Thornborough Bridge
3.6 km
Two Roman barrows 200m ENE of Thornborough Bridge
3.7 km
St Rumbold's Well
4 km
A slight univallate hillfort 600m south east of Home Farm
4.8 km
Preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, associated fishponds, medieval settlement of Hogshaw and the site of the medieval church of St John the Baptist, 200m south of Hogshaw Farm
8.1 km
Deserted village (site of) at Fulbrook Farm
8.3 km
The Grove Close moated site.
8.5 km
Moated site 320m north west of St Leonard's Church
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill

Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Norbury: a slight univallate hillfort immediately east of Padbury Mill

AlchesterRoman town · ~10.6 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~11.6 milesWhilton LodgeRoman town · ~22.3 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~23.8 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~16.3 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~17.6 milesBattle of Northampton (1460)Battle (1460) · ~18.2 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.4 miles
Domesday entry for Padbury, Buckinghamshire →
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