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Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm

England
List entry 1018353
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018353
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.06 hectares
Grid reference
TF 22328 59808
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm is a Late Iron Age defensive earthwork located in Lincolnshire. The site comprises multiple banks and ditches arranged concentrically or in series, characteristic of the multivallate hillfort tradition of the Iron Age period. Such fortifications served defensive and administrative functions within their respective communities. The survival of the earthwork as an upstanding monument attests to its archaeological significance within the regional Iron Age settlement hierarchy.

Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018353. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm?

Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm is a Late Iron Age defensive earthwork located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018353.

Who is responsible for protecting Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm?

Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm 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 1018353.

What other scheduled monuments are near Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Butter Cross, Tattershall (2.2 km), Tattershall College Grammar School (2.2 km), Tattershall Castle and College (2.5 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
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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Butter Cross, Tattershall
2.2 km
Tattershall College Grammar School
2.2 km
Tattershall Castle and College
2.5 km
Small multivallate hillfort 460m east of Old Abbey Farm
2.9 km
Kirkstead Abbey (ruins)
3.9 km
Tower on the Moor
4.3 km
Dogdyke Pumping Station
4.3 km
Churchyard cross, St Benedict's churchyard
4.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm

Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Small multivallate hillfort 340m south east of North Road Farm

LincolnRoman town · ~17 milesAncasterRoman town · ~17.9 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~7.8 miles
Domesday entry for Thorpe, Lincolnshire →
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