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Stow Camp is a prehistoric enclosure located in Gloucestershire, England. The site comprises an irregular earthwork with surviving banks and ditches that define an enclosed area, characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in the region. Dating to the Iron Age period, the monument represents the type of defended or communal enclosure that served defensive, administrative, or ceremonial functions during this era of British prehistory. The surviving earthwork remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age occupation and land use in the Cotswolds area.
Prehistoric enclosure known as Stow Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017341. View the official record →
Stow Camp is a prehistoric enclosure located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017341.
Prehistoric enclosure known as Stow 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 1017341.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wyck Beacon bowl barrow (5.2 km), Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp (5.4 km), Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Prehistoric enclosure known as Stow 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.
Prehistoric enclosure known as Stow Camp stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.