Uffington castle Iron age hillfort
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Uploaded by graemefield01 on Oct 10, 2008
Uffington Castle iron age hillfort and views of the beautiful surrounding countryside, with music by Alan Stivell.
Uffington Castle is all that remains of an early Iron Age (with underlying Bronze Age) hill fort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the eastern end. A second entrance in the western end was apparently blocked up a few centuries after it was built.
Defensive ditch sectionThe original defensive ditch was V-shaped with a small box rampart in front and a larger one behind it. Timber posts stood on the ramparts. Later the ditch was deepened and the extra material dumped on top of the ramparts to increase their size. A parapet wall of sarsen stones lined the top of the innermost rampart. It is very close to the Uffington White Horse.
Excavations have indicated that it was probably built in the 7th or 8th century BC and continued to be occupied throughout the Iron Age. Isolated postholes were found inside the fort but no evidence of buildings. Pottery, loom weights and animal bone finds suggest some form of occupation however.
The most activity appears to have been during the Roman period as the artefacts recovered from the upper fills of the ditch attest. The ramparts were remodelled to provide more entrances and a shrine seems to have been built in the early fourth century AD.
Two oblong mounds, one containing 46 Romano-British burials and one containing 8 Saxon burials, lie nearby.
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thank you Graeme for your post very nice photos looks like our ancestor were very busy there. great music too.
jimsim3 3 years ago 2
Very nice!
Sharp images, with very pleasant, and apt, music to accompany them. Well done!
Mike.
mikesey1 3 years ago 2