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Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm

England
List entry 1015127
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015127
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.4 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 69118 93563
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm is a prehistoric hillfort located in Lancashire, England. The monument occupies a naturally defensive promontory position, a characteristic defensive strategy employed during the Iron Age when such sites served as territorial strongholds and places of refuge. The fort is protected as a scheduled monument and designated heritage asset, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of Iron Age settlement and social organisation in the region.

Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015127. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm?

Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm is a prehistoric hillfort located in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015127.

Who is responsible for protecting Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm?

Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm 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 1015127.

What other scheduled monuments are near Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rixton Old Hall moated site (4.3 km), Morley's Hall moated site (5.7 km), Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear (6.5 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Rixton Old Hall moated site
4.3 km
Morley's Hall moated site
5.7 km
Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear
6.5 km
Lymm Hall moated site and ice house
6.6 km
Two cockpits 125m west of Lymm Hall
6.6 km
New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital
7.6 km
Lime kiln and associated culvert 50m north of Worsley Methodist Church
8.8 km
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm

Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm

Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~6 milesBattle of Rowton Heath 1645Battle (1645) · ~24 miles
Domesday entry for Warburton, Cheshire →
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