Uffington Castle

Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age (with underlying Bronze Age) univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England [1]. It covers about 3.2 ha and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end [1]. The original defensive ditch was V-shaped with a small box rampart in front and a larger one behind it [1]. Timber posts stood on the ramparts [1]. Later the ditch was deepened and the extra material dumped on top of the ramparts to increase their size [1]. A parapet wall of sarsen stones lined the top of the innermost rampart [1]. Isolated postholes were found inside the fort but no evidence of buildings [1]. The hillfort is a Scheduled Monument, and was included in the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 as one of the first 68 sites in Britain and Ireland to receive legal protection [1].