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Palisaded hilltop enclosure 230m SSE of Dirt Low is a prehistoric defensive settlement located in Derbyshire. The monument consists of a hilltop enclosed by a timber palisade, a fortification method characteristic of Iron Age settlement practices in Britain. The enclosure represents a significant example of the hillforts and defended farmsteads that emerged during the later prehistoric period, demonstrating communal investment in defensive infrastructure. Such sites typically served residential, economic, and possibly ceremonial functions within their local communities during the Iron Age.
Palisaded hilltop enclosure 230m SSE of Dirt Low is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020306. View the official record →
Palisaded hilltop enclosure 230m SSE of Dirt Low is a prehistoric defensive settlement located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020306.
Palisaded hilltop enclosure 230m SSE of Dirt Low 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 1020306.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rolley Low bowl barrow (8.9 km), Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor (9.1 km), Maury Mine and Sough (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Palisaded hilltop enclosure 230m SSE of Dirt Low'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.
Palisaded hilltop enclosure 230m SSE of Dirt Low stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.