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The Aubreys camp is an Iron Age hillfort located in Hertfordshire, situated in the south-eastern region of England. The monument comprises a defensive earthwork with banks and ditches characteristic of Iron Age fortification design, reflecting the settlement patterns and territorial organisation of the pre-Roman British period. The site demonstrates the strategic use of elevated terrain for settlement and protection during the Iron Age, a period spanning roughly the first millennium before the Roman conquest of Britain.
The Aubreys camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003520. View the official record →
The Aubreys camp is an Iron Age hillfort located in Hertfordshire, situated in the south-eastern region of England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003520.
The Aubreys camp 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 1003520.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Verulamium, Prae Wood settlement (5.2 km), Verulamium, part of wall and ditch of Roman city (6.3 km), St Albans Abbey Gatehouse (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Aubreys camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
The Aubreys camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.