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<< Our Photo Pages >> Segsbury Camp - Hillfort in England in Oxfordshire

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 02 July 2011  Page Views: 18587

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Segsbury Camp Alternative Name: Letcombe Castle
Country: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wantage  Nearest Village: Letcombe Regis
Map Ref: SU385845  Landranger Map Number: 174
Latitude: 51.558075N  Longitude: 1.446049W
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.
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
0No data.
5 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
4

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Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : The very large ramparts of the western side of Segsbury camp (Vote or comment on this photo)
Segsbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort on the crest of the Berkshire Downs, near the Ridgeway. The fort has extensive ditch and ramparts and four gateways. Excavation at the site by Dr Phené in 1871 discovered a cist grave on the south side of the hill fort rampart.

The grave was floored with stone slabs and the sides were walled with flint. Finds included a shield boss and fragments of an urn or drinking cup. Among other finds were human bones and flint scrapers. It has been suggested that this was a secondary Anglo-Saxon burial, placed at the camp. Further excavation was carried out in 1996 and 1997. The report on this work describes the periodic occupation of the hill fort between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC and suggests that it was a communal centre for various activities, including sheep management and exchange.

Source: Wikipedia, see also this page from Oxford University

Note: Two huge hillforts on the borders of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire. Segsbury camp is unusual in having 'drive to' disabled access while Membury is a real challenge for the adventurous megarak, as much of an assault course as a hill fort!
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Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by h_fenton : Segsbury camp, viewed from roughly east. Kite Aerial Photograph 2 October 2011 @ 6.07pm (Vote or comment on this photo)

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : The view from Segsbury Camp (Vote or comment on this photo)

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : Giant panorama of the NW ramparts of Segsbury Camp (Vote or comment on this photo)

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : The very large ramparts of the western side of Segsbury camp (Vote or comment on this photo)

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by camperman : The rampart and ditch are still in a good condition. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by camperman : A view from the east with the more modern track way bisecting the earthworks north to south.

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by camperman : Segsbury Camp viewed from the east with the Ridgeway in the left hand top corner.

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Bladup : Segsbury Camp.

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Bladup

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Bladup

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Bladup

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Section of the ditch in southern part of Segsbury Camp (photo taken on June 2011).

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : NE part of Segsbury Camp - view from the NW (photo taken on June 2011).

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Earthworks in NW part of the Iron Age hillfort (photo taken on June 2011).

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Rampart and a ditch in the SW part of Segsbury Camp (photo taken on June 2011).

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Entrance and SE part of the earthworks of Segsbury Camp hillfort (photo taken on June 2011).

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by SolarMegalith : Well preserved rampart and ditch in southern part of Segsbury Camp (photo taken on June 2011).

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : The south-eastern ramparts

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : What appears to be the only original entrance

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : Panorama of the eastern rampart

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : SolarMegalith surveys the eastern rampart

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : Looking across the access road to the NE rampart

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : The inside of the western rampart of Segsbury Camp

Segsbury Camp
Segsbury Camp submitted by Andy B : View from the NW ditch out over South Oxfordshire

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Re: Segsbury Camp by Andy B on Saturday, 14 July 2007
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Lots of information from recent excavations here:

http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/research/research_projects/ridgeway/segsbury
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