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Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation

England
List entry 1007408
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007408
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.41 hectares
Grid reference
NY 53006 19291
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation is a small Iron Age defensive enclosure located in Westmorland in the North West of England. The site comprises a single defensive rampart enclosing an interior space, typical of univallate hillfort construction, though its modest scale and relatively low earthwork preservation suggest limited structural investment compared to major regional fortifications. The hillfort dates to the Iron Age period, when such enclosures served defensive, administrative, or settlement functions across northern Britain. The surviving earthworks remain visible within the plantation woodland, representing an example of the dispersed pattern of smaller hillforts characteristic of the upland zones of the North West.

Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007408. View the official record →

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What is Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation?

Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation is a small Iron Age defensive enclosure located in Westmorland in the North West of England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007408.

Who is responsible for protecting Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation?

Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation 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 1007408.

What other scheduled monuments are near Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds (4.4 km), Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey (4.6 km), Skellaw Hill bowl barrow (4.6 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
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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

Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
4.4 km
Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
4.6 km
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
4.6 km
Keld Chapel
5.3 km
Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
5.6 km
Round cairn west of White Raise
5.8 km
Round cairn on White Raise
5.9 km
Shap Stone Alignment
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation

Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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