Alfred's Castle

Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort behind Ashdown Park in the civil parish of Ashbury in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire) [1]. It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument [1]. It has a large enclosure attached that shows as a cropmark [1]. Excavation has shown this to be contemporary with the small enclosure, started in the 6th century BC [1]. The hill fort was established within a series of late Bronze Age linear ditches and revealed much evidence for occupation within it [1]. In the late 1st century, a Romano-British farmhouse was built within the abandoned prehistoric enclosure [1]. Excavations were carried out at Alfred's Castle from 1998 to 2000 by archaeologists from Oxford University [1]. A final analysis was published in 2014 [1].