Uffington Castle: a univallate hillfort immediately north of the Ridgeway on Whitehorse Hill

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History & significance

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 →

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