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Westington Camp is a univallate hillfort situated in Herefordshire, England. The monument comprises a single defensive earthwork enclosing an elevated position, characteristic of Iron Age fortified settlements in the Welsh Marches region. The site demonstrates the strategic defensive architecture typical of later prehistoric communities in the borderland between England and Wales. Its construction and occupation belong to the Iron Age period, reflecting the settlement patterns and territorial organisation of pre-Roman Britain.
Westington Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001742. View the official record →
Westington Camp is a univallate hillfort situated in Herefordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001742.
Westington 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 1001742.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle mound (3.6 km), Risbury Camp (4.1 km), Roman settlement (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Westington 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.
Westington Camp stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.