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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ogbury Camp - Hillfort in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 11684

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Ogbury Camp
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Salisbury  Nearest Village: Great Durnford
Map Ref: SU143383  Landranger Map Number: 184
Latitude: 51.143789N  Longitude: 1.796961W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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
0No data.
 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
 5

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Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Ogbury Camp - view from the nearby hill located south from Great Durnford (photo taken on June 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Wiltshire

This large univallate hillfort covers area of 25 ha, but is in rather poor condition. The ditch is completely filled, while the ramparts are heavily mutilated in result of cultivation works. The NW and eastern part of the earthworks are heavily overgrown, but the rampart is quite well exposed in it's southern sector.

Ogbury Camp has been excavated in early 19th century. Besides the Iron Age pottery a Neolithic scraper has been discovered here.
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Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, The bank from outside the southern part of the fort (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, South Side looking West (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, The South Eastern corner of the fort on a dull midwinters day (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, You can see the bank though the bushes on the Eastern side, Looking South towards the South Eastern corner of the fort (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, Eastern side looking North (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, The bank on the Eastern side looking South

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, The overgrown bank on the Eastern side

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, Looking South at the bank on the South Eastern part of the fort on a dull midwinters day, and an ignored "Keep out" sign

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, Looking East over the small bank where the modern path leaves the fort on it's Eastern side

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, The Southern part of the fort looking East

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, Western side looking North West at the modern path into the old fort

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, Western side looking South East

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Ogbury Camp, the north bank of the fort.

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by Bladup

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Partly mutilated rampart in southern sector of the hillfort (photo taken on June 2011).

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Southern sector of the rampart and SW corner of the earthworks (photo taken on June 2011).

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Overgrown rampart in eastern part of the Iron Age hillfort (photo taken on June 2011).

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : SW part of the rampart - view from the SE (photo taken on June 2011).

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Entrance in eastern part of Ogbury Camp. Pastscape states, that the only original entrance to the hillfort is located in it's eastern part, so this might be it (photo taken on June 2011).

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Southern part of the earthworks - view fro mthe SW (photo taken on June 2011).

Ogbury Camp
Ogbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Top part of the rampart and SE corner of the earthworks (photo taken on June 2011).

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Re: Ogbury Camp by Anonymous on Monday, 09 December 2013
We have visited this site twice, being quite local. This site is much neglected and not much visited on account of it being largely hidden and out of the way. I understand the camp falls on private land, but according to the O/S map and various references on the net, there are various pathways and permissible tracks running past, and one directly across the central plateau. However upon revisiting today we were approached by the landowner, and whilst it was a friendly exchange, it was implied there was no access to the camp. I did not argue, having already finished our visit (making sure to stick to the outside rather than trample across the crop) I get the feeling on places like this where they are not used to visitors, that they will often try to hide the fact of these footpaths because they don't want anyone about. It's a shame. This fort is large and needs a lot more research. The plateau looks to be extensively ploughed but a decent field walk could yield some results.
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