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Skelmore Heads is a slight univallate hillfort situated on elevated terrain near Woodside Farm in Lancashire, England. The monument comprises a palisaded hilltop enclosure defended by a single substantial bank, representing a defensive settlement of Iron Age date. The site also incorporates a dewpond, a shallow artificial water collection feature typical of upland pastoral landscapes. Though modest in scale compared to some contemporaneous fortifications, the enclosure demonstrates the settlement hierarchy and territorial organisation characteristic of Iron Age communities in the north-west of England.
Palisaded hilltop enclosure, a slight univallate hillfort, and a dewpond at Skelmore Heads, 280m east of Woodside Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014875. View the official record →
Skelmore Heads is a slight univallate hillfort situated on elevated terrain near Woodside Farm in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014875.
Palisaded hilltop enclosure, a slight univallate hillfort, and a dewpond at Skelmore Heads, 280m east of Woodside Farm 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 1014875.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 660m south east of Holme Bank (1.8 km), Concentric stone circle on Birkrigg Common (2.2 km), Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure west of Scales Haggs, 300m NNE of Scales Green Farm (2.7 km).
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Palisaded hilltop enclosure, a slight univallate hillfort, and a dewpond at Skelmore Heads, 280m east of Woodside Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.