Old Oswestry

Old Oswestry
Original: Eirian Evans derivative work: Hogweard (talk) · CC BY-SA 2.0

Old Oswestry is a large early Iron Age hill fort in the Welsh Marches near Oswestry in north west Shropshire, England [1]. The earthworks remain one of the best preserved hill forts in the UK and have been described as "The Stonehenge of the Iron Age Period" [1]. After the hill fort was abandoned, it was incorporated into Wat's Dyke by the Mercians during the Early Medieval period [1].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates52.8729° N, 3.0487° W

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