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Tilbury Farm

Oxfordshire, England · Atlas EN0169

Location

Atlas number
EN0169 (169)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Oxfordshire
Historic county
Berkshire
Parish, community, or townland
Wytham
National Grid reference
SP 4791 0702
Latitude
51.75978
Longitude
-1.30725
Altitude
110 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Enclosed area
1 ha
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
south
Land use
woodland and arable

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits and postholes
Finds
pottery, metal, and animal bones
Investigations
Other (1978); Excavation (1979)

Identifiers

HER
Oxfordshire 13363
Wikidata
Q31116525

Sources

References

  1. Mytum, H.C. 1986. An early Iron Age site at Wytham Hill, near Cumnor, Oxon. Oxoniensia, 51, 15-24.