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Furzebury Brake is a defended settlement of Iron Age date located in Somerset. The site is characterised by defensive earthworks comprising banks and ditches which enclose an area of settlement occupation. The monument represents the type of enclosed settlement typical of the Iron Age period in the South West, when such defended positions served both practical and territorial functions for local communities. The site remains substantially preserved as an upstanding archaeological monument and is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the national heritage protection framework.
Iron Age defended settlement, Furzebury Brake is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008809. View the official record →
Furzebury Brake is a defended settlement of Iron Age date located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008809.
Iron Age defended settlement, Furzebury Brake 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 1008809.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kit Barrows Cairns (7.2 km), Hillslope enclosure 155m west of Brougham Farm (7.2 km), Cairn 850m north east of Dunkery Bridge (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Iron Age defended settlement, Furzebury Brake'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.
Iron Age defended settlement, Furzebury Brake stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.