Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks Inn

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History & significance

High Rocks is a site of Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort located near Tunbridge Wells in Sussex, England. The rock shelters, formed within the natural sandstone outcrops that characterise the landscape, provide evidence of human occupation during the Prehistoric period, whilst the multivallate hillfort represents Iron Age defensive architecture, constructed with multiple concentric banks and ditches. The site's prominent elevated position afforded strategic advantage and command of the surrounding terrain. The combination of natural shelter provision and later fortified settlement demonstrates the long-term significance of High Rocks as a location of human activity and habitation across several millennia of prehistoric settlement.

Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks Inn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002280. View the official record →

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