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Slight univallate hillfort on Wilbury Hill

England
List entry 1016410
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016410
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.51 hectares
Grid reference
TL 20228 32451
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wilbury Hill is a univallate hillfort located near Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England. The site comprises a single defensive rampart enclosing approximately 1.6 hectares on the summit of the hill, characteristic of Iron Age fortification design. Archaeological evidence and typological analysis suggest the hillfort dates to the Iron Age period, likely between the 5th and 1st centuries BC, when such defended settlements served as focal points for local communities and their livestock. The earthwork remains substantially visible today, though diminished from its original proportions, and represents an important example of Iron Age defensive architecture in the East Anglian region.

Slight univallate hillfort on Wilbury Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016410. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Slight univallate hillfort on Wilbury Hill?

Wilbury Hill is a univallate hillfort located near Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016410.

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

Slight univallate hillfort on Wilbury 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 1016410.

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

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa (site of) 330yds (300m) N of Ninesprings (3.3 km), Great Wymondley Castle: a motte and bailey castle and associated manorial enclosure 20m east of St Mary's Church, Great Wymondley (4.1 km), Wymondley Priory, barn, moat, associated earthworks, enclosures, platforms, hollow-way and conduit head (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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman villa (site of) 330yds (300m) N of Ninesprings
3.3 km
Great Wymondley Castle: a motte and bailey castle and associated manorial enclosure 20m east of St Mary's Church, Great Wymondley
4.1 km
Wymondley Priory, barn, moat, associated earthworks, enclosures, platforms, hollow-way and conduit head
4.6 km
Toot Hill motte and bailey castle and shrunken medieval village at Pirton
5.4 km
Henge 500m north west of Bush Wood
5.5 km
Chesfield Church
6.4 km
Domed icehouse in Weston Park
6.7 km
Square icehouse in Weston Park
6.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Slight univallate hillfort on Wilbury Hill

Slight univallate hillfort on Wilbury Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Slight univallate hillfort on Wilbury Hill

St AlbansRoman town · ~16.2 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~19.9 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~22.5 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~23.8 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~22 miles
Domesday entry for Letchworth, Hertfordshire →
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