Miscellaneous

Oldbury Hillfort
Hillfort

Oldbury hillfort was built by Iron Age people (who obviously had some run-ins with other tribes or the romans, as the NE timber gate was burnt down at some point, and caches (if I may use that word) of sling stones have also been found)
– But the hill was also the site of activity in the Old Stone Age. On the east side of the hillfort and 400m south of the NE fort entrance are two sandstone hollows (probably covered in vegetation) which were ‘workshops’ for tool makers – 40 hand axes and hundreds of flakes and other tools were found here (and are now in the Maidstone museum).