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Oldberry Castle is a univallate Iron Age hillfort situated in Somerset, England. The monument comprises a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an irregular hilltop position, typical of fortified settlements of the pre-Roman Iron Age period. The site demonstrates the strategic use of natural topography combined with constructed earthwork defences characteristic of this period, when such hillforts served as centres of settlement, storage, and refuge for local communities. The earthworks remain substantially visible in the landscape, though they have been subject to agricultural use and natural erosion over the intervening centuries.
Oldberry Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006168. View the official record →
Oldberry Castle is a univallate Iron Age hillfort situated in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006168.
Oldberry Castle 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 1006168.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barle Bridge (0.5 km), Barlinch Priory (2.1 km), Mounsey Castle and an associated outwork 100m to the north (2.8 km).
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