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Rectangular earthwork enclosure in Hill Wood, 650m south east of Grimsdyke Farm, is a scheduled ancient monument of Iron Age date located in Oxfordshire. The site comprises a substantially preserved rectangular enclosure formed by earthen banks, characteristic of defensive or administrative settlements of the later prehistoric period. Such enclosures typically served as farmsteads, stock compounds, or territorial markers during the Iron Age, reflecting the settlement patterns and land use practices of this period. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork makes it an important archaeological resource for understanding Iron Age settlement distribution and morphology in the region.
Rectangular earthwork enclosure in Hill Wood, 650m south east of Grimsdyke Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016329. View the official record →
Rectangular earthwork enclosure in Hill Wood, 650m south east of Grimsdyke Farm, is a scheduled ancient monument of Iron Age date located in Oxfordshire.
Rectangular earthwork enclosure in Hill Wood, 650m south east of Grimsdyke 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 1016329.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stonesfield Roman villa (4.7 km), Rectangular earthwork, Hensington (5.2 km), Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge (5.3 km).
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Rectangular earthwork enclosure in Hill Wood, 650m south east of Grimsdyke Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.