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Castle Grove camp is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in Oxfordshire, England. The site consists of a defended enclosure with banks and ditches characteristic of Iron Age hillforts or camps, representing settlement and defensive structures typical of the first millennium BCE. The monument survives as substantial earthworks that preserve evidence of prehistoric land use and territorial organisation in the region. Its listing on the National Heritage List for England reflects its archaeological importance as a record of Iron Age occupation and settlement patterns in Oxfordshire.
Castle Grove camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006336. View the official record →
Castle Grove camp is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in Oxfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006336.
Castle Grove camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006336.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks in Friarhampstead Wood (3.8 km), Camp on Bozedown (4.8 km), Greys Court; castle wall, towers and well house (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Grove camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Castle Grove camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.