Details

The monument includes a roughly rectangular earthwork enclosure, believed to
be Iron Age in date, which is situated in Hill Wood, 650m south east of
Grimsdyke Farm.
The enclosure lies on a steep east-facing slope with its only original
entrance in the south west (uphill) corner. The enclosure measures
approximately 115m east-west and 55m north-south and is surrounded by a
shallow ditch which measures from 12m to 13.6m wide and now stands open to a
depth of 0.4m. This ditch is partly infilled with accumulated leaf litter and
will survive as a buried feature about 1m deep. A low earthwork 0.2m high and
about 2m wide around the entrance in the south western corner is believed to
represent the remains of a rampart bank.
All fences are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them
is included.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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Reasons for Scheduling

Enclosures provide evidence of land use and agricultural practices in the
prehistoric and Romano-British periods, although later examples are also
known. They were constructed as stock pens or as protected areas for crop
growing and were sometimes subdivided to provide temporary dwellings for
stock, farmers or herdsmen. The size and form of enclosures may vary
considerably depending on their particular function. Their variation in form,
longevity and their relationship to other monument classes, including
extensive field systems, provides important information on the diversity of
social organisation and farming practices. Enclosures are central to our
understanding of the development of the rural landscape and well-preserved
examples are considered worthy of protection.
The enclosure in Hill Wood survives well and will contain archaeological and
environmental evidence relating to its construction and use, and to the nature
of the landscape in which it was built. The part infilling of the ditches
will have resulted in the enhanced preservation of organic remains in the
primary archaeological deposits.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
PRN 2399, C.A.O., HILLWOOD EARTHWORK, GLYMPTON, (1992)
Title: SP 42 SW
Source Date: 1960
Author:
Publisher:
Surveyor:
1:10560 Map quarter sheet

Source: Historic England