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Hill Wood

Oxfordshire, England ยท Atlas EN0170

Location

Atlas number
EN0170 (170)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Oxfordshire
Historic county
Oxfordshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kiddington with Asterleigh
National Grid reference
SP 41399 21420
Latitude
51.88974
Longitude
-1.39982
Altitude
140 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
east
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1016329
HER
Oxfordshire 2399 (second identifier MOX43)
National record
record SP 42 SW 14; monument 336954
Wikidata
Q31116660

Sources

References

  1. Page, W. (ed) 1907. The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Vol II. London, 335.