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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Sinodun Camp Alternative Name: Wittenham Clumps, Castle Hill, Sinodun Hills, Round HillCountry: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wallingford Nearest Village: Little Wittenham
Map Ref: SU5694592434 Landranger Map Number: 164
Latitude: 51.627848N Longitude: 1.178728W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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NDM visited on 1st Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
SolarMegalith visited on 3rd Mar 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5
The site was featured on Time Team. For details of the excavations in 2003 see here.
Update May 2017: The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page on this hill fort - see their entry for Castle Hill, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, which gives directions for finding this fort, together with an aerial photograph from 1932 and a brief archaeology and history.
More information can also be found on Pastscape Monument ID 238126 and Historic England List Entry 1006302 (plan only).
Page originally by Vicky.
Note: ‘Astonishing’ dig reveals domestic life in the iron age, more details in the comments on our page
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