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Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains

England

List entry 1016153

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1016153

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

3.86 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 28410 13798

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Wolstonbury Camp is a Ram's Hill type enclosure located on Wolstonbury Hill in Sussex, England. This prehistoric monument consists of a univallate hillfort with a single defensive bank and ditch, characteristic of the Ram's Hill class of Iron Age enclosures which are distributed across southern England. The site incorporates later remains from subsequent periods of occupation and use, reflecting continued activity at this prominent hilltop location beyond its initial Iron Age construction. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important example of Iron Age settlement and defensive architecture in the Sussex landscape.

Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016153. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains?

Wolstonbury Camp is a Ram's Hill type enclosure located on Wolstonbury Hill in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016153.

Who is responsible for protecting Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains?

Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains 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 1016153.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote at Patcham Court Farm, 80m north west of All Saints Church (5 km), Earthworks and lynchets near Eastwick Barn, Patcham (5.4 km), Section of Port's Road and barrow on Round Hill, Hangleton (5.7 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

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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

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Legal

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Dovecote at Patcham Court Farm, 80m north west of All Saints Church

5 km

Earthworks and lynchets near Eastwick Barn, Patcham

5.4 km

Section of Port's Road and barrow on Round Hill, Hangleton

5.7 km

Prehistoric linear boundary and Bronze Age bowl barrow in Pudding Bag Wood, 350m south of Upper Lodges

5.9 km

Bowl barrow in Great Wood

6.2 km

Cross dyke in Great Wood, 500m south west of Stanmer House

6.6 km

Hillfort, the possible remains of a Romano-Celtic temple and a group of three bowl barrows at Hollingbury

7.1 km

Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill

7.7 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains

Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~7.2 miles

Domesday entry for Newtimber, Sussex →

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