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Ring Hill camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Essex, England, situated in the parish of Thaxted. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork defined by a single bank and ditch, characteristic of Iron Age defensive settlements in the region. Dating to the Iron Age period, the site represents one of Essex's lesser-known but significant examples of prehistoric fortified enclosures, reflecting the pattern of settlement and territorial organisation in south-eastern Britain during the later prehistoric period.
Ring Hill camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011473. View the official record →
Ring Hill camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Essex, England, situated in the parish of Thaxted. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011473.
Ring Hill camp 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 1011473.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 400m south-east of Shortgrove Hall (3.4 km), St Helen's Chapel, Bonhunt (4.6 km), Thunderley Hall moated site and fishponds (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring Hill camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ring Hill camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.