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Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm

England
List entry 1007022
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007022
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.48 hectares
Grid reference
ST 66427 88343
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Gloucestershire. The monument comprises a single defensive rampart enclosing an irregular area, characteristic of univallate hillfort construction typical of the Iron Age period. The earthwork remains visible as a slight upstanding feature in the landscape, indicating considerable degradation since its original construction. Such hillforts served as focal points for settlement, storage, and refuge, reflecting the social and defensive strategies of Iron Age communities in the region.

Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007022. View the official record →

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What is Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm?

Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007022.

Who is responsible for protecting Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm?

Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook 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 1007022.

What other scheduled monuments are near Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort and associated Romano-British occupation at Little Abbey, Alveston (1.4 km), Minor Romano-British villa 300m north west of Tapwell Bridge (2.5 km), Old Church of St Helen, Rudgeway (3.7 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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hillfort and associated Romano-British occupation at Little Abbey, Alveston
1.4 km
Minor Romano-British villa 300m north west of Tapwell Bridge
2.5 km
Old Church of St Helen, Rudgeway
3.7 km
Bowl barrow re-used as a moot 205m SSE of Chelwood
3.8 km
The buried remains of the medieval fortified house and the C16 privy garden at Thornbury Castle
3.8 km
Banjo enclosure 245m north west of Lower Hazel Farm
4 km
Wickwar Roman small town 680m WNW of Hall End Farm
4.3 km
Moated site and associated features
4.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm

Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Slight univallate hillfort 260m north west of Brook Farm

CaerwentRoman town · ~12.2 milesBathRoman town · ~15.6 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~21.5 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~23.9 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~11.8 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.9 miles
Domesday entry for Tytherington, Gloucestershire →
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