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<< Our Photo Pages >> Oldbury Hillfort - Hillfort in England in Kent

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Oldbury Hillfort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Igtham
Map Ref: TQ582562  Landranger Map Number: 188
Latitude: 51.282975N  Longitude: 0.267041E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Oldbury Hillfort
Oldbury Hillfort submitted by Upozi : Visited August 2020. It's a lozenge or diamond shape but very difficult to get your head round on the first visit. There is a spring fed pool at the center so a water source was available. Park in the car park, cross the road and you can walk right up the steep slope to the two ramparts on the West side. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort of probable late Iron Age origin. Excavations have revealed evidence of much activity of that date. Some suggestion of continued activity into the Roman period

The remains of the ramparts are very evident in places, it also has the distinction of being one of the few sites in England to have offered Neanderthals respite from harsh Ice Age conditions (circa 30 - 60 years ago) in the form of rock shelters. These still exist in rudimentary form. Typical Neanderthal stone tools found by Benjamin Harrison attest to the Neanderthal presence here.

Note: Finds from the site are in Maidstone Museum.
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Oldbury Hillfort submitted by markj99 : Hollow in S arc of Oldbury Hillfort perimeter. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Oldbury Hillfort
Oldbury Hillfort submitted by markj99 : Inner rampart of Oldbury Hillfort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Oldbury Hillfort submitted by markj99 : Oldbury Hillfort Ditch. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Oldbury Hillfort submitted by Upozi : Still seem to be some palaeolithic people about (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Oldbury Hillfort submitted by Upozi : The pool (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Oldbury Hill Fort, Sevenoaks · 5th November 2011, Overnight Ghost Hunting by Andy B on Monday, 31 October 2011
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Guided Walk around Ightham and Oldbury, Sun 25 July by Andy B on Sunday, 11 July 2010
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Guided Walk around Ightham and Oldbury

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Guided walk around ightham (home of the Victorian archaeologist Benjamin Harrison) and Oldbury Iron Age Hill fort in West Kent. …

Join us for a guided walk around ightham and Oldbury in West Kent. ightham is perhaps best known as the birthplace, and life-long home of Benjamin Harrison, the local grocer and eminent amateur archaeologist whose legacy remains almost unsurpassed even today. Many of the buildings, church and Pubs are all worth seeing as are the back roads, only seen and appreciated when walked round. The contents of the church are interesting and well worth viewing. The bulk of Benjamin Harrison's archive and artefacts are held in Maidstone Museum.

Oldbury is noted particularly for its very extensive, late Iron Age Hillfort, the remains of the ramparts of which are very evident in places, it also has the distinction of being one of the few sites in England to have offered Neanderthals respite from harsh Ice Age conditions (circa 30 - 60 years ago) in the form of rock shelters. These still exist in rudimentary form. Typical Neanderthal stone tools found by Benjamin Harrison attest to the Neanderthal presence here.

Location: Meet at individual sites. Call for details.

O: Maidstone Borough Council
N: Simon Lace
T: 01622 602838
E: museuminfo@maidstone.gov.uk
W: http://www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk

Festival of British Archaeology 2010
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Re: Oldbury Hillfort by bingo23 on Saturday, 29 August 2009
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We missed the sign board so wasn't sure where to look, and couldn't much see the hill for the trees, but a very large site and good for a walk once we found we were standing in it.
I felt the 'rock shelters' nearby were a rather fanciful idea, 'heavily eroded slightly overhanging muddy ridge' more like, interesting never the less.
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Re: Oldbury Hillfort by coldrum on Monday, 15 June 2009
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Campsite website:
http://www.siteseeker.co.uk/aspx/details.aspx?id=7220
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Re: Oldbury Hillfort by coldrum on Monday, 28 July 2008
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Pastscape entry:

"Hillfort of probable late Iron Age origin. Excavations have revealed evidence of much activity of that date. Some suggestion of continued activity into the Roman period".

https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=409479
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Re: Oldbury Hillfort by coldrum on Friday, 15 June 2007
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Visited a few years ago.

Stayed at a nice campsite that is situated right next to the hillfort.

The hill fort itself is covered in trees and has pathways running through it.

Owned and managed by Kent County Council and The National Trust, about half the fort is under cultivation with orchards or was when I went there.

There is an interpretation board by one of the footpaths opposite the entrance to the campsite.

Links here for further information:

http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/23018.pdf


http://www.kentdowns.org.uk/map_details.asp?siteID=50


http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/explore-kent/parks-and-open-spaces/oldbury-hill-picnic-site

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-localtoyou/w-south_east/w-south_east-countryside/w-south_east-places-north_kent/w-south_east-places-north_kent-oldbury_styants_one_tree.htm

Oldbury Campsite:
http://www.myccc.co.uk/MA_MembersArea/SiteFinder/SiteDetails.aspx?SiteId=7220
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