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Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill

England
List entry 1015555
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015555
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.53 hectares
Grid reference
TL 18494 47829
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Galley Hill is a slight univallate hillfort located in Bedfordshire, England, situated within the historic landscape of the region. The monument is defined by a single defensive rampart that encloses the hilltop, characteristic of Iron Age fortification design. The modest scale of its earthwork suggests a settlement of limited strategic importance, though its presence indicates occupation and territorial organization during the Iron Age period. Such univallate hillforts were typical of the dispersed settlement pattern across central England during the later prehistoric period.

Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015555. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill?

Galley Hill is a slight univallate hillfort located in Bedfordshire, England, situated within the historic landscape of the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015555.

Who is responsible for protecting Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill?

Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill 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 1015555.

What other scheduled monuments are near Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bronze Age Round Barrow and Later Settlement on Biggleswade Common (0.9 km), Probable Romano-Celtic Temple and Aligned Enclosures at Biggleswade Common (1.3 km), Cursus and five associated ring-ditches at Biggleswade Common (1.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bronze Age Round Barrow and Later Settlement on Biggleswade Common
0.9 km
Probable Romano-Celtic Temple and Aligned Enclosures at Biggleswade Common
1.3 km
Cursus and five associated ring-ditches at Biggleswade Common
1.5 km
A ringwork and bailey castle, ring ditch and enclosures east of Brookland Farm
3.4 km
Moated site, near Hill House, Old Warden
3.7 km
Medieval fishery and warren in Home Wood
4.3 km
Stratton Park moated enclosure and associated manorial earthworks
4.6 km
Holme Mill Iron Bridge
4.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill

Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~14.5 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~17.6 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~20 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~20.3 miles
Domesday entry for Kinwick, Bedfordshire →
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