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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dyke HillsCountry: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Dorchester-on-Thames
Map Ref: SU57389358 Landranger Map Number: 164
Latitude: 51.638107N Longitude: 1.172257W
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 |
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JohnLindsay visited on 7th Apr 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The bus X39 or X40 from Reading Station, or from Oxford, stop called the Dorchester layby, on the main road which lies over the Dorchester Cursus. I think the bus stops and foot bridge at the endpoint of the cursus, and it lies, or lay, under the road. There is a short walk into the village, then the abbey, and Watling Lane, which takes to a view of Wittenham Clumps and suddently the Dyke Hills comes into view. The footpath continues and the site is open and walkable, with a footpath to the Thames, the lock, and the Clumps. So this is really quite a combination. There is a good local museum though most of the stuff has gone to the Ashmolean. The museum has a good local booklet with bibliography which is more than enough for a walk and a read.
SolarMegalith visited on 3rd Mar 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Bird_nerd29 visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A great site, although you can only access half of it. There's a large WWII pillbox at the bottom of the site, which is accessible. You can get to the open part of the hills via a number of footpaths.
Andy B have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
Dyke Hills is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 238029 which has a page of notes on this settlement, an extract of which reads: "The earthwork remains of an Iron Age settlement of possibly defensive function is well preserved despite extensive damage in the 19th century. It consists of a two banks and ditch connecting the Rivers Thames and Thame and has also been interpreted as an oppidum. Gullies, pits and hutcircles were reportedly visible as cropmarks within the interior of the enclosure although these have not been seen since. It is thought that the site had a long occupation history with multiple phases, although it is not clear to when the phases date. Five barrows, thought to be of Bronze Age date, are also present at the east end of the site."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page on this site - see their entry for Dyke Hills, Dorchester, Oxfordshire, which includes directions for finding the site together with a brief archaeology & history, a plan of the site and drawings from the 1870s.
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