Helsby Hill
| Helsby Hill | |
| Cheshire | |
|---|---|
 Helsby Hill | |
| Summit: | 463 feet SJ492754 53°16’24"N, 2°45’47"W |
Helsby Hill is a distinctive hill, of 463 feet, in Cheshire. Pressed along the foot of its precipitous western slope is the village of Helsby. On its summit overlooking the village are the earthworks of a hill fort.
The hill is a prominent landmark rising above the Cheshire Plain, with fine views overlooking the Mersey Estuary and into Wales.
Much of the hill is owned and managed by the National Trust.[1] The surrounding areas are well wooded to the southwest, northwest and northeast with farmland to the southeast. The hill fort is protected as a scheduled ancient monument.[2]
Hill fort=
Helsby Hill Fort is an Iron Age hillfort at the top of Helsby Hill and overlooking the village of Helsby. The hill has steep cliffs on the northern and western sides, providing a natural semicircular defence. Double rampart earthworks extend to the south and east to provide protection to those flanks. Two additional banks have been discovered enclosing a rock ledge on the cliff to the north side. Excavations last century revealed a wall composed of sand and rubble, revetted with stone to the back and front.[3][4]
References
- ↑ http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-green-space-june.pdf Directory of National Trust Green spaces
- ↑ National Heritage List 1013292: Promontory fort on Helsby Hill north-west of Harmers Lake Farm (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ Helsby Hill – Hillfort in England in Cheshire, The Megalithic Portal, http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?x=349300&y=375300, retrieved 27 December 2012
- ↑ Bullock. J. D.: 'Hillfort at Helsby' TLCAS Volume 64.