Uffington Castle
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Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 3.2 ha and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end.
Ramparts of Uffington Castle at Whitehorse Hill, the highest point in Oxfordshire.
Ditch and ramparts
Western side
Ditch and bank on the southeast side
The Ridgeway
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The Ridgeway is a ridgeway or ancient trackway described as Britain's oldest road. The section clearly identified as an ancient trackway extends from Wiltshire along the chalk ridge of the Berkshire D
Uffington Castle
…Romano-British burials and one containing eight Saxon burials, lie nearby. An ancient track passes by the northern entrance to the hillfort; it is known as The Ridgeway. It links to the Icknield Way at the Goring Gap, and passes close to Avebury before heading south across Salisbury Plain. It also passes very close to…
The Ridgeway National Trail on Grim's Ditch near Mongewell
Ivinghoe Beacon (the eastern trailhead) seen looking north from The Ridgeway
The Ridgeway winds over the Berkshire Downs
Path down from the Ridgeway to Bishopstone, Wiltshire