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Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill

England
List entry 1013937
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013937
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.07 hectares
Grid reference
SP 83179 05033
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pulpit Hill is a small multivallate hillfort located in Buckinghamshire, England, dating to the Iron Age. The site is defined by multiple defensive ramparts and ditches that encircle the hilltop, a characteristic feature of Iron Age fortified settlements in southern Britain. The hillfort's relatively modest size and defensive architecture suggest it served as a local centre of control and possibly refuge during the late prehistoric period. The monument remains a significant archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in the Chiltern region.

Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013937. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill?

Pulpit Hill is a small multivallate hillfort located in Buckinghamshire, England, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013937.

Who is responsible for protecting Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill?

Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit 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 1013937.

What other scheduled monuments are near Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 176m long section south west of White House Farm (4.7 km), Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe (5.8 km), Bowl barrow on Lodge Hill, 650m east of Old Callow Down Farm (6.3 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
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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 176m long section south west of White House Farm
4.7 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe
5.8 km
Bowl barrow on Lodge Hill, 650m east of Old Callow Down Farm
6.3 km
Village settlement site on Lodge Hill
6.4 km
Two bowl barrows 450m north west of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery
6.6 km
Bowl barrow 140m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery
6.7 km
Bell barrow 260m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery
6.7 km
Bowl barrow at Molin's Works, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill

Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill

Dorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~17.1 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~18.6 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~18.8 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~12.3 miles
Domesday entry for Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire →
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