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Uffington Castle is a univallate hillfort situated on Whitehorse Hill in Berkshire, positioned immediately north of the Ridgeway. The fort comprises a single substantial bank and ditch enclosing an oval interior, representing a modest but strategically positioned Iron Age defensive structure. Excavation and survey have established its construction within the Iron Age period, likely dating to the first millennium before Christ, when such hillforts served as centres for settlement, storage, and refuge across southern Britain. The monument remains a prominent landscape feature, its earthwork defences still clearly visible and forming part of a broader complex of ancient monuments associated with the chalk downland of the Berkshire Ridgeway.
Uffington Castle: a univallate hillfort immediately north of the Ridgeway on Whitehorse Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008412. View the official record →
Uffington Castle is a univallate hillfort situated on Whitehorse Hill in Berkshire, positioned immediately north of the Ridgeway. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008412.
Uffington Castle: a univallate hillfort immediately north of the Ridgeway on Whitehorse Hill 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 1008412.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lambourn Cross (7.9 km), Ditch on Boydon Hole Farm (8.2 km), Disc barrow 780m north east of North Farm (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Uffington Castle: a univallate hillfort immediately north of the Ridgeway on Whitehorse Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Uffington Castle: a univallate hillfort immediately north of the Ridgeway on Whitehorse Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.