Featured: Ark of Secrets - Neolithic spirit alive in the Middle Ages

Ark of Secrets - Neolithic spirit alive in the Middle Ages

Britain BC

Britain BC

Who's Online

There are currently, 480 guests and 3 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Giant's Grave (Oare) - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by h_fenton on Tuesday, 12 November 2013  Page Views: 10773

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Giant's Grave (Oare)
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Pewsey  Nearest Village: Oare
Map Ref: SU16636324
Latitude: 51.367981N  Longitude: 1.762502W
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.
5 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.
3 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

Internal Links:
External Links:

Giant's Grave (Oare)
Giant's Grave (Oare) submitted by h_fenton : Giants Grave, viewed from the east. Kite Aerial Photograph 26 August 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Giant's Grave is an iron age promontory fort/settlement, it is protected on its eastern side by a single rampart and ditch. There are extensive views over the vale of Pewsey from Giant's Grave.

Source: Pastscape
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Giant's Grave (Oare)
Giant's Grave (Oare) submitted by h_fenton : Rampart and ditch at the eastern side of Giants Grave promontory fort. Kite Aerial Photograph 26 August 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Grave (Oare)
Giant's Grave (Oare) submitted by h_fenton : Giants Grave promontory fort, viewed from the west. Kite Aerial Photograph 26 August 2013 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Grave (Oare)
Giant's Grave (Oare) submitted by camperman : Giants Grave taken from the north east showing the surrounding steep slopes of the promontory. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Grave (Oare)
Giant's Grave (Oare) submitted by camperman : The promontory of Giants Grave in the distance, the single rampart standing out on the landscape. This was taken above Martinsell Camp, located about 1km to the east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Giant's Grave (Oare)
Giant's Grave (Oare) submitted by camperman : Taken from the north this photo shows the small size of the enclosure at 1 hectare, too small for a settlement but may have been a defended homestead. At less than 1km from the larger fort at Martinsell Hill was this associated with it perhaps as a lookout position or does it date from a different period?

Giant's Grave (Oare)
Giant's Grave (Oare) submitted by camperman : Looking west along the promontory with the impressive 3m high single bank and ditch cutting off the promontory.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 1.3km NE 55° Martinshill Fort* Hillfort (SU1767563970)
 2.1km N 349° West Woods Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SU16246528)
 2.6km NNW 338° West Woods Long Barrow* Long Barrow (SU15676563)
 2.8km WNW 284° Gopher Wood Barrows Barrow Cemetery (SU139639)
 3.1km S 179° Pewsey Standing Stones* Modern Stone Circle etc (SU167601)
 3.3km NNW 335° West Woods (Hursley Bottom) Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SU15226625)
 3.5km NW 323° West Woods Sarsen Stones* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SU145660)
 3.6km NNW 330° West Woods Polissoir No.1* Polissoir (SU1476966380)
 4.4km WNW 297° Wansdyke* Misc. Earthwork (SU127652)
 4.5km W 275° Knap Hill* Causewayed Enclosure (SU121636)
 4.6km W 275° Knap Hill Bowl Barrow 1* Round Barrow(s) (SU12056362)
 4.7km W 274° Knap Hill Bowl Barrow 2 Round Barrow(s) (SU11976358)
 4.7km NNW 330° Lockeridge Grey Wethers* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SU143673)
 5.0km W 274° Adam's Grave's Round Barrows 1* Round Barrow(s) (SU116636)
 5.1km W 279° New Town Tumuli Round Barrow(s) (SU11596403)
 5.2km E 84° Square Copse Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SU2179463760)
 5.2km NNW 327° West Overton Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SU13736758)
 5.2km W 274° Adam's Graves Round Barrows 2* Round Barrow(s) (SU114636)
 5.3km N 354° Broadstones* Stone Circle (SU161685)
 5.4km W 272° Adam's Grave (Alton Barnes)* Long Barrow (SU1123363386)
 5.4km WNW 298° Langdean Bottom* Stone Circle (SU11806574)
 5.5km ENE 61° Monument 224718* Round Barrow(s) (SU21446591)
 5.5km W 273° Walkers Hill Earthwork* Misc. Earthwork (SU11136355)
 5.5km SSE 156° Giant's Grave (Wiltshire)* Long Barrow (SU18925820)
 5.7km NNE 18° Merlin's Mount* Artificial Mound (SU18366865)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Gib Hill Plantation

Tinghøjene >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Prehistoric Avebury

Prehistoric Avebury

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Giant's Grave (Oare)" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.