Earthwork Collection

Maiden Castle J870379
MAIDEN CASTLE, Dorset. Aerial view reconstruction drawing by Paul Birkbeck

Sutton Hoo 35162_018
A 7th and early 8th century barrow cemetery containing two ship burials, cremations and an inhumation cemetery, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, 2022

Cleeve Hill 27646_030
Cleeve Hill camp, Gloucestershire. Iron Age hillfort on the edge of the Cotswold scarp. SO9825/75

Old Sarum J030098
OLD SARUM, Wiltshire. Distant aerial view reconstruction drawing of William the Conqueror receiving the barons in 1086, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Knowlton Church and Earthworks J940538
KNOWLTON CHURCH AND EARTHWORKS, Dorset. General view of the site from the West. The siting of this ruined medieval church at the centre of a Neolithic ritual henge earthwork symbolises the transition

Segedunum Roman Fort J960244
HADRIANs WALL, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. Segedunum Roman Fort. An aerial view reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn, English Heritage Graphics Team. hadrian

Waylands Smithy K040655
WAYLANDs SMITHY, Oxfordshire. The line of sarsen stones flanking the entrance chamber of the long barrow

Brent Knoll 24572_017
BRENT KNOLL HILLFORT, Somerset, ST340509 (RSM 24001). Aerial view. An Iron Age fort with multiple ramparts on a hill overlooking the Somerset Levels

Silbury Hill N060151
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. View from the east looking towards the snow covered mound. Part of the Avebury World Heritage Site

Old Sarum K000139
OLD SARUM, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Wharram Percy Medieval Village N070612
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Aerial view of the deserted medieval village. First settled in prehistoric times, Wharram flourished as a village between the 12th and 14th centuries

Fotheringhay Castle 27869_030
Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire. TL0692/37

Wroughton, Wiltshire US_7PH_GP_LOC209_V_5004
WROUGHTON, Wiltshire. This vertical photograph (taken in 1944 by the US Army Air Force) shows Barbury Castle hillfort, RAF Wroughton (centre), and the village of Wroughton

Avebury Stone Circle N070083
AVEBURY STONE CIRCLE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Maiden Castle N060316
MAIDEN CASTLE. Dorset. Iron Age hill fort. View of ramparts to south east from the west

Maiden Castle 29548_014
MAIDEN CASTLE, Dorset. Aerial view of the iron age hill fort

Waylands Smithy CC97_02141
WAYLANDS SMITHY, Ashbury, Oxfordshire. The neolithic chambered long barrow, taken from the west, with a lady and gentleman sitting on the stones by the entrance

Cherhill Down, Wiltshire N072067
CHERHILL DOWN, Wiltshire. General aerial view showing the obelisk, hillfort (Oldbury Castle) and white horse

Arbor Low Stone Circle N070641
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE, Derbyshire. Aerial view of neolithic monument

West Kennet Long Barrow N072012
WEST KENNET LONG BARROW, Avebury, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Silbury Hill N071380
SILBURY HILL, Wiltshire. Silbury Hill lit at dusk / night. Part of the Avebury World Heritage Site

Maiden Castle K940060
MAIDEN CASTLE, Dorset. Aerial view

Winterbourne Stoke Barrows N930001
WINTERBOURNE STOKE BARROWS, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the Winterbourne Stoke cemetery showing Bronze Age round barrows with the Neolithic Long Barrow top right, next to the roundabout

Old Sarum N070651
OLD SARUM, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Cliffords Tower K980216
CLIFFORDs TOWER, York, North Yorkshire. View of the tower and the entrance steps showing the mound covered in daffodils during Spring. clifford

Cliffords Tower K980218
CLIFFORDs TOWER, York, North Yorkshire. View of the tower showing the mound covered in daffodils during Spring. clifford

Silbury Hill N070124
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. View taken from the information board to the west

Haughley Castle 29845_042
Haughley Castle, Suffolk. Earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle destroyed in 1173, 2016

Watling Street 27371_006
Hockliffe, Bedfordshire. The Roman road of Watling Street provides the principle axis, with roads to Woburn (to the left) and Leighton Buzzard (to the right)

Silbury Hill J880280
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. Construction of Silbury Hill. Neolithic reconstruction drawing by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team

Brough Castle and Roman fort 34002_064
Brough Castle and Brough (Verteris) Roman fort and civil settlement, Cumbria, 2018

Maiden Castle JEH_22044_027
Maiden Castle, Dorset. The largest Iron Age hillfort in Britain, currently managed by English Heritage. Photographed in September 1970 by Jim Hancock

Elmley Castle 27640_002
Elmley Castle, Worcestershire. The earthwork remains of the Norman castle on Bredon Hill. SO9740/15

Liddington Castle 27618_002
Liddington Castle, Swindon. Iron Age hillfort near the Ridgeway. SU2079/136

Durrington Walls J930177
DURRINGTON WALLS, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing. The post holes at Durrington Walls interpreted as an elaborate wooden ceremonial site by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Carn Euny Ancient Village N070045
CARN EUNY ANCIENT VILLAGE, Cornwall. Aerial view

Offas Dyke, Gloucestershire K920276
OFFAs DYKE, Gloucestershire. General view with trees, built by Offa, King of Mercia 757-96

The Bull Ring, Cirencester CC57_00043
CIRENCESTER ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE, Gloucestershire. The bull ring is the local name for the towns roman amphitheatre, which as Corinium was one of the most important roman towns in the country lying

Roman signal station 24932_039
OLD BURROW, Countisbury, Devon. Aerial view. Roman fortlet and signal station overlooking the Bristol Channel near Lynmouth, Exmoor

Silbury Hill and Avebury N071892
SILBURY HILL, AVEBURY, Wiltshire. Aerial view with the henge and stone circle at Avebury top right

Belas Knapp Long Barrow N071890
BELAS KNAPP LONG BARROW, Gloucestershire. Aerial view

Knowlton neolithic ritual henge J940466
KNOWLTON CHURCH AND EARTHWORKS, Dorset. A reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper of the neolithic monument

Silbury Hill N071113
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. General view of Silbury Hill

Dover Castle N070122
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. Aerial view

Old Sarum J030102
OLD SARUM, Wiltshire. Aerial view reconstruction drawing of the gatehouse and cutaway of the hall and courtyard palace in 1140, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Old Sarum 33306_031
Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2017. A multi period site comprising Iron Age hillfort, Romano British occupation, a Saxon burh, a Norman motte and bailey castle and a cathedral. SU1332

Silbury Hill N080699
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. View across a frost laden field looking towards Silbury Hill

Lincoln Castle 28994_045
Lincoln Castle, Assize Courts and former Governors house and prison, Lincolnshire, 2018

Richborough triple ditches K960845
RICHBOROUGH ROMAN FORT, Sandwich, Kent. General view across the site showing the triple ditches of the third century fort, with the stone walls of the later fort beyond

Barrow cemetery, Wiltshire 24379_027
ROUND BARROWS, Wiltshire. Aerial view. The cursus barrow cemetery at Fargo Plantation north of Stonehenge

Maiden Castle N080428
MAIDEN CASTLE, Dorset. View along the ramparts

Arbor Low Stone Circle K060169
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE, Derbyshire. Detailed view of the neolithic monument showing the Derbyshire Dales in the background

Silbury Hill K930748
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. General view. Part of the Avebury World Heritage Site

Dover Castle K970013
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. View from the East

Clifford Castle 33678_013
The remains of Clifford Castle, County of Herefordshire, 2018

Leckhampton Hill JEH_22055_093
Leckhampton Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1971. Univallate Iron Age hillfort. SO9418

Pair of Celtic Bronze Bulls, Bulbury Camp, Dorset, England, c1st century BC - c1st century. Probably mountings from a chariot-spoke

Silbury Hill N060878
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. View taken from the information board to the west. Part of the Avebury World Heritage Site

Cadbury Castle 33788_021
Cadbury Castle, the earthwork remains of an Iron Age hillfort, reoccupied in the Roman and Early Medieval periods, Somerset, 2019. Thought by some to be the site of Camelot

Silbury Hill 33469_002
Silbury Hill, a large late Neolithic monumental mound, near Avebury, Wiltshire. Photographed in 2018

Silbury Hill IC005/048
Reconstruction drawing showing the final stages of the construction of Silbury Hill, near Avebury Henge, which was completed by about 2300 BC. Artist, Peter Urmston

Berkhamsted Castle 35042_015
The ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, 2021

Pembridge Castle 33805_020
Pembridge Castle, County of Herefordshire, 2019

Marshwood Castle 33789_048
Marshwood Castle, Dorset, 2019

Halton Castle 35024_012
Halton Castle, a ruined shell keep castle on the site of an earlier motte and bailey, Halton, Cheshire, 2021

Priddy Circles 33404_020
The Priddy Circles (Nos. 1-3), a linear arrangement of circular earthwork enclosures, Somerset, 2017

Cheltenham Racecourse 33281_009
Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire, 2016

Priddy Nine Barrows 33078_027
Priddy Nine Barrows Cemetery, Somerset, 2016

Elmley Castle 33256_031
Elmley Castle, a medieval ringwork and bailey located within two Iron Age hillforts, Worcestershire, 2016

Canterbury City Walls 33246_003
Dane John Mound and Canterbury City Walls, Kent, 2016

Bentley Grange shaft mounds 20721_047
Bentley Grange, Denby Dale, Kirklees, West Yorkshire. Shaft mounds formed as the spoil heaps of a series of pits used for iron ore mining

Morpeth Castle 34010_035
Morpeth, Northumberland. The motte and bailey remains of Morpeth Castle and later gatehouse, 2018

Pickering Castle 34039_078
Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire. 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle, 2018

Warkworth Castle 34011_009
Warkworth, Northumberland. Warkworth Castle and Hermitage

Carn Euny 33205_006
Sancreed, Cornwall. Carn Euny, an Iron Age to Roman settlement site with incorporated fogou, 2016

Castle Hill, Thetford 29849_001
Castle Hill, Thetford. A motte and bailey castle, Iron Age earthwork enclosure and site of Augustinian friary, 2016

Kilpeck Castle 33226_045
Kilpeck, Herefordshire. Kilpeck Castle, motte and bailey earthwork and the remains of a keep, 2016

Urishay 33225_046
Urishay, Peterchurch, Herefordshire. A motte castle and the ruins of a chapel and post-medieval house, 2016

Old Castleton 33223_021
Medieval motte and bailey earthworks, Old Castleton, Clifford, Herefordshire, 2016

Clifford Castle 33223_008
Clifford, Herefordshire. Clifford Castle, the remains of a motte and bailey castle, probably constructed between 1067 and 1070, with additional 13th century fortifications in stone, 2016

Clifford Castle 33223_006
Clifford, Herefordshire. Clifford Castle, the remains of a motte and bailey castle, probably constructed between 1067 and 1070, with additional 13th century fortifications in stone, 2016

Buzbury Rings 29557_024
Buzbury Rings, an Iron Age and Romano British settlement enclosure earthwork on Keynston Down, Dorset, 2015. ST9105

Rotherley Down 29832_043
Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains on Rotherley Down within Cranborne Chase, Wiltshire, 2016. ST9419

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"Exploring the Ancient Earthworks: Unveiling History's Secrets" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of earthworks. These remarkable structures, scattered across various locations, hold stories that have withstood the test of time. From Maiden Castle J870379 to Waylands Smithy K040655, each site offers a glimpse into our ancestors' ingenuity and resilience. Climb up Cleeve Hill 27646_030 and witness breathtaking views while pondering over the purpose behind these ancient mounds. Marvel at Silbury Hill N060151, an enigmatic man-made marvel shrouded in mystery. Its sheer size leaves us awestruck, questioning how such a feat was accomplished without modern technology. Travel to Old Sarum J030098 or Old Sarum K000139 and let your imagination run wild as you envision bustling medieval towns atop these elevated earthworks. Explore Segedunum Roman Fort J960244 and transport yourself to an era when mighty legions guarded distant frontiers. Wroughton, Wiltshire US_7PH_GP_LOC209_V_5004 beckons with its unique blend of natural beauty and human craftsmanship. Discover Knowlton Church and Earthworks J940538 where ancient rituals once took place amidst sacred landscapes. Wharram Percy Medieval Village N070612 invites you to wander through its abandoned streets, evoking a sense of nostalgia for times long gone. Finally, stand atop Maiden Castle 29548_014 or Fotheringhay Castle 27869_030 - remnants of grand fortresses that witnessed battles fought by kings and queens. These they are not mere hills; they are gateways to our pasts – silent witnesses to centuries-old tales waiting patiently for curious minds like yours to unravel their secrets. So embark on this journey through time; let history guide your steps as you explore these extraordinary sites etched into the very fabric of our Earth.