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Slight univallate hillfort and associated earthworks on Burrington Ham is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located in Somerset. The site is defined by a single rampart with ditch, characteristic of univallate hillfort construction, though the earthworks are notably slight in preservation. The monument dates to the Iron Age period, when such enclosed settlements served defensive and administrative functions across southern Britain. Associated features including field systems and other earthworks visible on the site contribute to understanding the broader landscape exploitation and organisation of this period.
Slight univallate hillfort and associated earthworks on Burrington Ham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011261. View the official record →
Slight univallate hillfort and associated earthworks on Burrington Ham is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011261.
Slight univallate hillfort and associated earthworks on Burrington Ham 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 1011261.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 350m south of Brimble Pit Pool: part of a group of round barrows north and east of Foxhills Wood (8.9 km), Duck decoy, west of Nyland Hill (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 550m south east of Brimble Pit Pool: one of a group of round barrows north and east of Foxhills Wood (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Slight univallate hillfort and associated earthworks on Burrington Ham'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.
Slight univallate hillfort and associated earthworks on Burrington Ham stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.