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Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill

England
List entry 1002368
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002368
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.3 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 14293 95518
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill is a univallate hillfort situated near Winchester in Hampshire. The monument comprises a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an oval area on the summit of the hill, dating to the Iron Age period. The earthwork demonstrates the characteristic defensive design of prehistoric hill forts in southern England, though its precise construction date within the Iron Age remains uncertain. The site has been subject to limited archaeological investigation, and its function as a settlement, refuge, or ceremonial centre has not been conclusively determined from available evidence.

Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002368. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill?

Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill is a univallate hillfort situated near Winchester in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002368.

Who is responsible for protecting Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill?

Oval earthwork on St Catherine's 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 1002368.

What other scheduled monuments are near Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Catherine's Hill camp and round barrows (0.3 km), Round barrow on St Catherine's Hill camp (0.4 km), Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages (1.4 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

St Catherine's Hill camp and round barrows
0.3 km
Round barrow on St Catherine's Hill camp
0.4 km
Round barrow cemetery and earthwork enclosures in Quomp Copse 540m east of Park Cottages
1.4 km
World War II pillbox and tank traps in former railway yard N of town
2.4 km
Site of Town Walls in, and E of, Druitt Gardens
3.1 km
Staple Cross
3.4 km
Pre-Conquest monastery, early Christian cemetery, Augustinian priory and a motte and bailey castle at Christchurch
3.4 km
Bowl barrow 390m east of Tuckton Roundabout
3.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill

Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Oval earthwork on St Catherine's Hill

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~23.2 miles
Domesday entry for Bosley, Hampshire →
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