Uley Bury

Uley Bury is the long, flat-topped hill just outside Uley, Gloucestershire [1]. It is an impressive multi-vallate, scarp-edge Iron Age hill fort dating from around 300 B.C. Standing some 750 feet above sea level it has views over the Severn Vale [1]. Uley Bury hill fort is a very large Iron Age settlement with evidence of occupation from approximately 300BC to 100AD; it covers 32 acres [1]. It is one of a number of hillforts that can be seen along the Cotswold escarpment, other notable examples being Crickley Hill and Painswick Beacon [1]. The hill fort was created by terracing a double line of ramparts – more than a mile in length overall - into the hillsides [1]. Excavations carried out on the north eastern rampart during the 1970s found evidence of how the ramparts were constructed [1]. Finds during this excavation included a crouched burial, iron currency bars, quern stones, a brooch, and large amounts of pottery [1].