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Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton

England

List entry 1014541

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1014541

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

4.18 hectares

Grid reference

SO 42361 66395

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Pyon Wood Camp is a small multivallate hillfort situated approximately 700 metres west-southwest of Yatton in Herefordshire. The site is defined by multiple defensive earthwork ramparts and ditches that characterise the Iron Age period of its construction and occupation. Its modest scale and defensive architecture reflect the settlement patterns and territorial strategies of Iron Age communities in the Welsh Marches region. The fort remains a significant archaeological monument within the Herefordshire landscape, representing the defensive infrastructure of prehistoric Britain.

Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014541. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton?

Pyon Wood Camp is a small multivallate hillfort situated approximately 700 metres west-southwest of Yatton in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014541.

Who is responsible for protecting Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton?

Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton 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 1014541.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shobdon Arches (3.9 km), Shobdon Castle mound (4.3 km), Round barrow 270yds (250m) S of Shobdon Church (4.4 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

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

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 270yds (250m) S of Shobdon Church

4.4 km

Kingsland Castle

5.6 km

Bowl barrow 550m south east of Milton Cross

7.1 km

Bowl barrow 490m south east of Milton Cross

7.3 km

Bowl barrow 460m south of Milton Cross

7.5 km

'Monk's Court'

7.6 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton

Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton stands on Silurian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Pyon Wood Camp, a small multivallate hillfort 700m WSW of Yatton

KenchesterRoman town · ~14.7 miles Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~16.7 miles

Domesday entry for Aymestrey, Herefordshire →

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