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Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort

England
List entry 1007633
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007633
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
14.09 hectares
Grid reference
SD 49222 72885
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Warton Crag is a small multivallate hillfort situated in Lancashire, England, commanding a prominent position on the crag overlooking the coastal plain. The site is defined by multiple defensive earthwork banks and ditches characteristic of Iron Age fortification design, likely constructed during the later Iron Age period. Its strategic location suggests its primary function was defensive control and possibly settlement, serving the local population during a period of considerable socio-political complexity in northern Britain. The hillfort represents an important example of Iron Age settlement hierarchy and territorial organisation within the North West region.

Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007633. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort?

Warton Crag is a small multivallate hillfort situated in Lancashire, England, commanding a prominent position on the crag overlooking the coastal plain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007633.

Who is responsible for protecting Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort?

Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort 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 1007633.

What other scheduled monuments are near Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Warton Old Rectory (0.8 km), Dog Holes Cave (0.9 km), Badger Hole, Warton Crag (1.1 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Warton Old Rectory
0.8 km
Dog Holes Cave
0.9 km
Badger Hole, Warton Crag
1.1 km
Stone circle on Summerhouse Hill
1.7 km
Round cairn on Summerhouse Hill
1.7 km
Round cairn 230m east of Manor Farm
3.1 km
Moated site and fishponds E of Upp Hall Farm.
4.6 km
Dalton medieval village and parts of its associated medieval open field system centred 620m ENE of Dalton Hall
5.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort

Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

Domesday entry for Warton, Yorkshire →
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