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Pitchbury Ramparts is a small multivallate hillfort located in Essex, England, dating to the Iron Age. The site is defined by multiple concentric defensive earthwork ramparts which characterise its fortified design. As a multivallate hillfort, Pitchbury Ramparts represents a significant example of Iron Age defensive settlement architecture in southern England, a period during which such hillforts functioned as centres of territorial control, refuge, and potentially as gathering places for local communities.
Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019959. View the official record →
Pitchbury Ramparts is a small multivallate hillfort located in Essex, England, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019959.
Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts 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 1019959.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum (5.3 km), Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum (5.7 km), Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (5.7 km).
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