Reconstruction painting showing an aerial view of 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:
IC073/003
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. The western entrance to the hillfort (in the distance in this image) was defended by a distinctive system of earthwork ramparts with 'pits'. This rampart formation 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

Contact Historic England Archive

Keywords

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