<< Our Photo Pages >> Chastleton Camp - Hillfort in England in Oxfordshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Chastleton CampCountry: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Chastleton
Map Ref: SP259282 Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.951693N Longitude: 1.624552W
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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poho visited on 29th Dec 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Visited as part of a walk. Used as a field for horses currently, but the circular ditch and bank is still present and easy to see.
Hordernm visited on 31st Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
4clydesdale7 visited on 8th Apr 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 I am intrigued as to why this is also called 'Chastleton Barrow' - could 'Barrow' be a corruption of 'Bury' (in the local dialect where there 'y' is not pronounced) - and it is still populated by horses -
ChristopherJones visited - their rating: Amb: 5 Access: 3 Found it on a footpath on the search for Goose stones.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 3.5
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