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Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches.

England
List entry 1013958
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013958
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.85 hectares
Grid reference
SU 94719 84668
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches is a modest Iron Age fortification located in Buckinghamshire. The monument is defined by a single defensive bank and ditch, which survives as a subtle earthwork across the landscape. Its univallate construction represents a characteristic defensive scheme of Iron Age communities in southern Britain, typically dating to the period between the 6th and 1st centuries BC. The site's location within Burnham Beeches reflects the strategic positioning of such fortifications in relation to local topography and contemporary settlement patterns.

Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013958. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches.?

Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches is a modest Iron Age fortification located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013958.

Who is responsible for protecting Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches.?

Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches. 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 1013958.

What other scheduled monuments are near Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hartley Court moated site and enclosure (1 km), East Burnham animal pound (1.1 km), Bowl barrow in Stoke Park Playing Field, 400m south of Stoke Park House (3.4 km).

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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
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Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hartley Court moated site and enclosure
1 km
East Burnham animal pound
1.1 km
Bowl barrow in Stoke Park Playing Field, 400m south of Stoke Park House
3.4 km
Templars' site at Moat Farm, Hedgerley
4.6 km
Saxon barrow, church and cemeteries in the old churchyard at Taplow Court
4.8 km
Moated site at Cippenham Court
4.9 km
Montem Mound: a motte at Salt Hill, Upton-cum Chalvey
5 km
Bulstrode Park camp
5.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches.

Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches. stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches.

St AlbansRoman town · ~18.2 milesSilchesterRoman town · ~23.5 milesLondonRoman town · ~23.6 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for East Burnham, Buckinghamshire →
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