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Oldbury Camp

Kent, England · Atlas EN3774

Oldbury Camp is a hillslope fort in Ightham, Kent, England.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 51.5 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and a hillslope, at 181 m, and facing north.

Recorded land use includes woodland.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400 (C14). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1007458).

Location

Atlas number
EN3774 (3774)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Kent
Historic county
Kent
Parish, community, or townland
Ightham
National Grid reference
TQ 58165 56303
Latitude
51.28385
Longitude
0.26661
Altitude
181 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
51.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South); Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and hillslope
Aspect
north
Land use
woodland
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1895); 1st Identified Written Reference (1908); Other (1923); Excavation (1938); Earthwork Survey (1939); Other (1961); Other (1964); Excavation (1992); Geophysical Survey (2003); Earthwork Survey (2015); Excavation (1983-198

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1007458
HER
Kent MKE247 (second identifier MNA181823)
National record
record TQ 55 NE 21; monument 409479
Wikidata
Q31117887

Sources

References

  1. Bartlett A.D.H. 2003. Oldbury Hillfort, Kent: Report on a Geophysical Survey 2003. English Heritage. http://hdl.handle.net/10068/396283. Centre for Archaeological Report 61/2003. Accessed December 2015
  2. Haselgrove, C. and Fitzpatrick, A. In the footsteps of Caesar: the archaeology of the first Roman invasions of Britain, see: https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/research/projects/footsteps-of-caesar [accessed November 2016].
  3. Page, W. 1908. The Victoria History of the County of Kent, Vol I. 395-6
  4. Reeves, P. 1992. Excavation Report for Oldbury Camp, Kent. Central Excavation Unit. CAS Project Number 471.
  5. Thomson, F.H. 1984. Oldbury 1983. Kent Archaeol Rev, Summer 1984, 140-144
  6. Thomson, F.H. 1985. Excavations at Oldbury 1984. Kent Archaeol Rev, Summer 1985, 239-241
  7. Ward Perkins, J.B. 1939. Excavations at Oldbury Hill, Ightham 1938. Archaeol Cantiana, 51, 137-181