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Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church

England
List entry 1003538
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003538
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.49 hectares
Grid reference
SP 05474 47705
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile east of Norton Church is a complex of Iron Age earthworks located in Worcestershire. The site comprises ditched enclosures of defensive or administrative character typical of Iron Age settlement hierarchies in the English Midlands. The earthworks survive as cropmarks and soil features indicating significant prehistoric occupation and organisation of the landscape during the later prehistoric period. Such enclosed sites served various functions including settlement, stock management, and territorial demarcation during the Iron Age centuries preceding the Roman occupation of Britain.

Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003538. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church?

Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile east of Norton Church is a complex of Iron Age earthworks located in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003538.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church?

Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church 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 1003538.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Bennett's Hill (2.2 km), Roman settlement NW of Ryden Farm (4.1 km), Abbot Reginald's Gateway and Old Vicarage (4.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Bennett's Hill
2.2 km
Roman settlement NW of Ryden Farm
4.1 km
Abbot Reginald's Gateway and Old Vicarage
4.4 km
West porch of Bengeworth Old Church
4.4 km
Evesham Abbey (remains of)
4.5 km
Settlement site NNE of Fernhill Farm
4.5 km
Abbot Chyryton Wall, Boat Lane
4.7 km
Romano-British settlement remains 300m and 750m north east of Narrow Meadow Farm
6.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church

Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Prehistoric enclosures 3/4 mile (1200m) E of Norton Church

AlcesterRoman town · ~6.5 milesDroitwichRoman town · ~14 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~22.8 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~1.9 milesBattle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Bridge 1642Battle (1651) · ~12.1 milesBattle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~14.2 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~14.5 miles
Domesday entry for Harvington, Worcestershire →
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