Uffington Castle

#429 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Archaeological site, Forts and castles, Mysterious site

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Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end. A second entrance in the eastern end was apparently blocked up a few centuries after it was built. The original defensive ditch was V-shaped with a small box rampart in front and a larger one behind it. Timber posts stood on the ramparts. Later the ditch was deepened and the extra material dumped on top of the ramparts to increase their size. A parapet wall of sarsen stones lined the top of the innermost rampart. It is very close to the Uffington White Horse on White Horse Hill. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°34'30"N, 1°34'10"W

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Dragon Hill RoadUffington SN7 7RE EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Uffington Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Uffington White Horse, Wayland's Smithy, Dragon Hill, Cotswold-Severn Group.

~490 ftE
Famous hill figure and castle remains
Uffington White Horse
3 min walk • Carved into the rolling chalk hills of Oxfordshire, the Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric enigma that captivates the imagination of visitors and historians alike. This ancient hill figure, etched into the landscape over 3,000 years ago during the late Bronze Age...
1.3 miSW
Archaeological site, Historic walking areas
Wayland's Smithy
33 min walk • Wayland's Smithy, nestled in the verdant landscape of Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, is a site steeped in ancient history and folklore. This Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb, dating back to approximately 3,600 BC, is a testament to the architectural acumen...
~1830 ftN
Archaeological site, View point
Dragon Hill
9 min walk • Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
1.3 miSW
Memorial
Cotswold-Severn Group, Shrivenham
33 min walk • The Cotswold-Severn Group are a series of long barrows erected in an area of western Britain during the Early Neolithic. Around 200 known examples of long barrows are known from the Cotswold-Severn region, although an unknown number of others were likely destroyed prior to being recorded.
0.8 miW
Forts and castles
Hardwell Castle
21 min walk • Hardwell Castle or Hardwell Camp is an Iron Age valley fort in the civil parish of Compton Beauchamp in Oxfordshire.
~150 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Berkshire Downs
1 min walk • The Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Berkshire Downs are wholly within the traditional county of Berkshire, although split between the current ceremonial counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.