Chastleton Barrow (Fort)

Nearest town:
Chipping Norton (5km E)
OS reference:
SP258283
OS sheet:
163
Latitude:
51° 57' 7.57 N
Longitude:
1° 37' 28.37 W
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Image of Chastleton Barrow (Fort) (Hillfort) by Zeb

Chastleton Barrow Fort as seen from within on 22 August 2006 CE.

Zeb
Zeb Aug 28, 2006
Image of Chastleton Barrow (Fort) (Hillfort) by Zeb

The ramparts of the Chastleton Barrow Fort used to be faced with stone and this is sure to be a fallen example of one of them. As seen on 22 August 2006 CE.

Zeb
Zeb Aug 28, 2006

Articles

Chastleton Barrow (Fort)

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Neolithica Nov 1, 2025

Very easy to acess this site (long as you aren’t afraid of the horses whose home it is) as a public path goes straight through it. The fortifications are still pretty tall, about 2 or 3 meteres. In some place you can see bits of stonework poking through but whether these are iron age features or more recent I can’t be sure. I never claimed to be an archeologist. The bank itself is fenced off and has mature trees gorwing from it so you can’t access that but the space inside the circular banks is all accessable and pretty peaceful too.

Chastleton Barrow (Fort)

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CARL Aug 8, 2011

Visited 6.8.11

I cut across field from the minor road leading to the village of Chastleton although in hindsight I should have taken the public footpath from near Hill Farm – I am sure it would have been a lot easier!
The site itself is in pretty good condition. A single bank surrounds a near perfect circle. From the inside the bank is about 1.5 metres high / 3 metres from the outside.
The entire bank is fairly overgrown with trees / bushes and nettles.
It appears the site is now used as a stable. There were a couple of beautiful brown horses present – who chose to ignore me!
Worth a look when in the area.

Chastleton Barrow (Fort)

ocifant
ocifant May 10, 2003

Looking for the Goose Stone, I found this fort at the same map reference, so I’ve added it as a separate entry.

The ‘fort’ consists of a round bank, 7-8 feet high with two entrances (roughly NW & SE), and is currently being used as a paddock, but a public footpath passes through the fort, so access is no problem.

(I didn’t find the Goose Stone).

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