Arbury Banks Hertfordshire Digital Terrain Model

Arbury Banks is a

hill fort A hillfort is a type of fortification, fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the late Bronze Age Europe, European Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe, Iron Age. So ...

southwest of Ashwell, Hertfordshire,

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. It was probably first constructed during the late Bronze Age, 1000-700 BC. Standing at above sea level, it is one of a line of six similar hill forts along the northern Chilterns that includes Wilbury Hill Camp southwest of Letchworth. Excavations in the 1850s traced Arbury Banks' horseshoe-shaped ramparts and identified two opposed north-north-west and south-south-east entrances. Evidence was also discovered for several

enclosure Enclosure or inclosure is a term, used in English landownership, that refers to the appropriation of "waste" or "common land", enclosing it, and by doing so depriving commoners of their traditional rights of access and usage. Agreements to enc ...

s or buildings inside the fort. Arbury Banks has been suggested as a possible location for the Battle of Watling Street, where a small Roman force destroyed the army of Boudica. The site is a

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HertsDirectThe Megalithic Portal
{{Authority control Hill forts in Hertfordshire Scheduled monuments in Hertfordshire Boudica