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Wigginton Heath
Oxfordshire, England ยท Atlas EN0161
Location
- Atlas number
- EN0161 (161)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Oxfordshire
- Historic county
- Oxfordshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Hook Norton
- National Grid reference
- SP 3805 3525
- Latitude
- 52.01438
- Longitude
- -1.44692
- Altitude
- 182 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.3 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- north
- Land use
- arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1705); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1881); Other (1979)
Identifiers
- HER
- Oxfordshire 43 (second identifier MOX4026)
- Wikidata
- Q31116499
Sources
References
- Beesley, A. 1841. The history of Banbury: including copious historical and antiquarian notices of the neighbourhood. London: Nichols and son.
- Manning, P. and Leeds, E.T. 1921. An archaeological survey of Oxfordshire. London: Society of Antiquaries.
- Page, W. (ed) 1907. The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Vol II. London, 335.
- Plot, R. 1705. The natural history of Oxfordshire.