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'''Blewburton Hill''' is the site of an [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort]] located in [[Oxfordshire]]. It is described as an irregular oval fort of about 365m by 135m enclosed by a single ditch and rampart,<ref>http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3843/blewburton_hill.html The Modern Antiquarian: Blewburton Hill</ref> although maps and photographs clearly show at least 4 ditches and ramparts on the Western side. The area is mostly farmland with some small areas of wooded copse to the south and the northeast. The hill fort may have been occupied from the 4th century BC to the 1st century BC,<ref>Pevsner, 1966, page 74</ref> and replaced the original stockaded camp on the site, built in the 5th or 6th century BC.<ref>http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.aspx?uid=53167 English Heritage Viewfinder Archive Photograph</ref> Archaeological excavations were undertaken at the site between 1947 and 1949. |
'''Blewburton Hill''' is the site of an [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort]] located in [[Oxfordshire]]. It is described as an irregular oval fort of about 365m by 135m enclosed by a single ditch and rampart,<ref>http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3843/blewburton_hill.html The Modern Antiquarian: Blewburton Hill</ref> although maps and photographs clearly show at least 4 ditches and ramparts on the Western side. The area is mostly farmland with some small areas of wooded copse to the south and the northeast. The hill fort may have been occupied from the 4th century BC to the 1st century BC,<ref>Pevsner, 1966, page 74</ref> and replaced the original stockaded camp on the site, built in the 5th or 6th century BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.aspx?uid%3D53167 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-10-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405224845/http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/detail.aspx?uid=53167 |archivedate=2012-04-05 |df= }} English Heritage Viewfinder Archive Photograph</ref> Archaeological excavations were undertaken at the site between 1947 and 1949. |
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 Blewburton Hill, Oxfordshire | |
  Shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Location | Oxfordshire |
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| Length | 365m |
| Width | 135m |
| Height | 110m |
| History | |
| Periods | Iron Age |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1947-49 & 1968-1969 |
| Public access | Yes (western part) |
Blewburton Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort located in Oxfordshire. It is described as an irregular oval fort of about 365m by 135m enclosed by a single ditch and rampart,[1] although maps and photographs clearly show at least 4 ditches and ramparts on the Western side. The area is mostly farmland with some small areas of wooded copse to the south and the northeast. The hill fort may have been occupied from the 4th century BC to the 1st century BC,[2] and replaced the original stockaded camp on the site, built in the 5th or 6th century BC.[3] Archaeological excavations were undertaken at the site between 1947 and 1949.
Location
The site is located at grid reference SU546861, and lies immediately to the west of the village of Aston Tirrold, and to the east of the village of Blewbury, in the county of Oxfordshire. The hill has a summit of 110m AOD.
References
- ^ http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3843/blewburton_hill.html The Modern Antiquarian: Blewburton Hill
- ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 74
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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