Oldbury Camp

Also known as:
The Toot
Nearest town:
Chepstow (8km W)
OS reference:
ST609927
OS sheets:
162, 172
Latitude:
51° 37' 52.43 N
Longitude:
2° 33' 53.92 W
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Image of Oldbury Camp (Hillfort) by juamei

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Image credit: Open Source Environment Agency LIDAR
juamei
juamei Mar 25, 2018

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Oldbury Camp

Archaeologists unearthing secrets of ancient hillfort in Oldbury-on-Severn

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 27, 2017

Little is known about the Iron Age fort, with mysteries and theories around when it was built and why it was built on the low land rather than, as the name suggests, on a hill.

The two-week excavation dig, which is being led by archaeologists DigVentures and A Forgotten Landscape, a South Gloucestershire Council-funded landscape partnership, is hoping to turn back the hands of time to find out more about the purpose of the hillfort.

More here:
gazetteseries.co.uk/news/15375035.Archaeologists_unearthing_secrets_of_ancient_hillfort_in_Oldbury_on_Severn/

Oldbury Camp

C
CARL Aug 16, 2010

Visited 14.8.10
Not a lot to report from this visit.
I took the aptly named Camp lane through Oldbury-On-Severn and parked near the public footpath sign. The footpath appears to go through someones yard and then into a field. At the top of the field is a stile and a small wooden ‘bridge’. There was nothing obvious to see and clearly the site has been largely ploughed out. However, to the right of the ‘bridge’, where the back of the house gardens end, there is a ditch like chanel overgrown with bushes / brambles etc.
I do not know if this is all that is left of the Hillfort or not? It is in the right area but I can’t be sure. I couldn’t see any other remains.

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