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Oldbury Camp is an Iron Age hillfort located at Oldbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire, England. The site occupies a prominent position overlooking the River Severn and consists of defensive earthworks comprising banks and ditches that enclose an irregular area on the hilltop. Dating to the Iron Age period, the fort represents a settlement and defensive stronghold typical of the prehistoric fortified sites established across the Midlands and Welsh Marches. The monument's strategic location and surviving topographical features demonstrate the importance of this location as a centre of settlement and control during the pre-Roman Iron Age.
Oldbury Camp: an Iron Age fort at Oldbury-on-Severn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013187. View the official record →
Oldbury Camp is an Iron Age hillfort located at Oldbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013187.
Oldbury Camp: an Iron Age fort at Oldbury-on-Severn 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 1013187.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The buried remains of the medieval fortified house and the C16 privy garden at Thornbury Castle (3.2 km), Medieval fishponds 125m south of Park Farm, Thornbury (3.2 km), Iron Age defended settlement 525m ENE of Elberton Manor (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Oldbury Camp: an Iron Age fort at Oldbury-on-Severn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Oldbury Camp: an Iron Age fort at Oldbury-on-Severn stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.