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Promontory fort is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located on a naturally elevated promontory near Burton Point in Cheshire. The site exploits the natural topography of the landscape, utilising the steep slopes of the promontory to provide defensive advantage, with artificial earthwork defences constructed across the narrower neck of land to seal off the promontory tip. Dating evidence suggests occupation during the Iron Age, when such promontory forts served as refuges or centres of settlement control in northwestern Britain. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and forms part of the archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns in the region.
Promontory fort on Burton Point 550m south west of Burton Point Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013298. View the official record →
Promontory fort is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located on a naturally elevated promontory near Burton Point in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013298.
Promontory fort on Burton Point 550m south west of Burton Point 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 1013298.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kelsterton Brewery (3.9 km), Castell Ewloe (6.2 km), Trueman's Hill motte (7.6 km).
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