Dolebury Warren

Dolebury Warren is an archaeological site and scheduled monument featuring substantial earthworks on a limestone ridge. The site spans about 91 hectares and offers sweeping views over the Bristol Channel and surrounding countryside.

Iron Age people built this hillfort with double ramparts on three sides and a simpler rampart on the south. The site later served as a medieval rabbit warren before becoming a protected monument.

The site holds meaning as a protected landscape maintained by the National Trust, where evidence of occupation spans from prehistoric hunters to later medieval communities. The layered history visible here shows how different people valued this prominent location for thousands of years.

Marked paths connect the site to Churchill village and are accessible via the A38 road. The area is walkable on foot and serves as a trailhead for the Limestone Link, a longer walking route through the region.

The interior preserves pillow mounds, low earthen ridges from when the site functioned as a rabbit warren in medieval times. These distinctive features remain clearly visible and tell a lesser-studied chapter of its use.

Location: Churchill

Operator: National Trust

GPS coordinates: 51.32700,-2.79070

Latest update: December 11, 2025 11:07