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Oakley Wood Camp
Warwickshire, England ยท Atlas EN3158
Location
- Atlas number
- EN3158 (3158)
- Country
- England
- Current county or unitary authority
- Warwickshire
- Historic county
- Warwickshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Bishops Tachbrook
- National Grid reference
- SP 3064 5927
- Latitude
- 52.23076
- Longitude
- -1.55279
- Altitude
- 84 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 6
- Enclosed area
- 4.7 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hillslope
- Aspect
- west
- Land use
- woodland
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1904); Other (1969); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (None-None)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 1003742
- HER
- Warwickshire MWA715
- National record
- record SP 35 NW 15; monument 335341
- Wikidata
- Q31119866
Sources
References
- Doubleday, H. A. and Page, W. (eds) 1904. Victoria County History, Warwickshire, Vol 1. 396-7, 349-50.
- Hingley, R. 1996. Prehistoric Warwickshire: a review of the evidence. Trans Birm Warwicks Archaeol Soc, 100, 1-24.