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Penny Hill camp is a small Iron Age hillfort located near Witton le Wear in County Durham. The site occupies a naturally defensible position and is defined by a single rampart with an external ditch, characteristic of fortified settlements of the Iron Age period. The monument represents evidence of prehistoric settlement and territorial control in the North East of England during the pre-Roman Iron Age, contributing to understanding of late prehistoric society in the region.
Penny Hill camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002333. View the official record →
Penny Hill camp is a small Iron Age hillfort located near Witton le Wear in County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002333.
Penny Hill 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 1002333.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge (3.1 km), Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell (4.6 km), A Roman period native settlement, prehistoric carved rock and an iron smelting site on Knott Hill, 750m south of Stone Cross (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Penny Hill camp'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.
Penny Hill camp stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.