Reconstruction painting showing an aerial view of the vast defensive ramparts at the western entrance to Old Oswestry Hillfort, as it may have appeared in the Iron Age

Date:
circa 1985 - circa 1995
Location:
Old Oswestry Hillfort, Selattyn And Gobowen, Shropshire
Reference:
IC073/002
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

Old Oswestry Hillfort is a large, multivallate Iron Age hillfort in Shropshire, built on a site showing evidence of occupation from the Late Bronze Age. This style of defensive rampart with 'pits' has not been observed at any other Iron Age hillfort to date.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC073 Old Oswestry Hillfort, Shropshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

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Keywords

Iron Age Multivallate Hillfort, Iron Age Round House (Domestic), Iron Age Settlement, Iron Age Rampart, Iron Age Earthwork