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Sharpenhoe Clappers is a promontory fort of Iron Age date situated on a prominent chalk escarpment in Bedfordshire. The defensive earthworks consist of a substantial bank and ditch system that exploits the natural topography of the hillside to create a stronghold commanding views across the surrounding landscape. In the medieval period the site was utilised as a warren, a managed area for rabbit breeding, with associated cultivation earthworks and field systems visible in the surrounding terrain. The monument represents significant evidence of human settlement and land use spanning from the Iron Age through to the medieval period.
Sharpenhoe Clappers: an Iron Age promontory fort, medieval warren and associated medieval cultivation earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009400. View the official record →
Sharpenhoe Clappers is a promontory fort of Iron Age date situated on a prominent chalk escarpment in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009400.
Sharpenhoe Clappers: an Iron Age promontory fort, medieval warren and associated medieval cultivation earthworks 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 1009400.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe (0.5 km), Ravensburgh Castle (3.4 km), Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house (4.1 km).
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Sharpenhoe Clappers: an Iron Age promontory fort, medieval warren and associated medieval cultivation earthworks stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.