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Slight univallate hillfort, two avenues, saucer barrow, regular aggregate field system and associated earthworks on Walton Common is a complex of Iron Age and later settlement remains located in Somerset. The hillfort itself comprises a single defensive bank with an external ditch, whilst the site encompasses additional Bronze Age funerary and field management features including a saucer barrow and organised field boundaries arranged in a regular pattern. Two linear earthwork features, termed avenues, traverse the landscape and likely represent ancient routeways or territorial divisions associated with the settlement complex. The aggregate of these monuments across the site demonstrates sustained land use and organisation spanning several prehistoric and potentially early historic periods.
Slight univallate hillfort, two avenues, saucer barrow, regular aggregate field system and associated earthworks on Walton Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007917. View the official record →
Slight univallate hillfort, two avenues, saucer barrow, regular aggregate field system and associated earthworks on Walton Common is a complex of Iron Age and later settlement remains located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007917.
Slight univallate hillfort, two avenues, saucer barrow, regular aggregate field system and associated earthworks on Walton Common 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 1007917.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slight univallate hillfort at Wain's Hill (5.1 km), Churchyard cross in St John The Evangelist's churchyard (5.1 km), Nailsea Glassworks (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Slight univallate hillfort, two avenues, saucer barrow, regular aggregate field system and associated earthworks on Walton Common's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Slight univallate hillfort, two avenues, saucer barrow, regular aggregate field system and associated earthworks on Walton Common stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.