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Pontesford Hill Camp is a small multivallate hillfort located in Shropshire, England, and represents Iron Age defensive architecture of the pre-Roman period. The site is characterised by multiple concentric earthwork ramparts and ditches that encircle the hilltop, a defensive configuration typical of hillforts constructed during the later Iron Age. The camp occupies a strategically prominent location that would have afforded good visibility across the surrounding landscape, a consideration fundamental to hillfort siting in this region. Though modest in scale compared to some of its contemporaries, Pontesford Hill Camp demonstrates the military engineering and territorial organisation characteristic of Iron Age communities in the West Midlands.
Pontesford Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019829. View the official record →
Pontesford Hill Camp is a small multivallate hillfort located in Shropshire, England, and represents Iron Age defensive architecture of the pre-Roman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019829.
Pontesford Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort 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 1019829.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross-dyke on Ratlinghope Hill, 740m north of Brow Farm (8 km), Ratlinghope Hill camp: a slight univallate hillfort, 600m north east of Brow Farm (8.2 km), Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap (8.9 km).
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