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'''Hardwell Castle''' or '''Hardwell Camp''' is an [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort|valley fort]] in the [[civil parish]] of [[Compton Beauchamp]] in [[Oxfordshire]] (previously [[Berkshire]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=28681|title=Hardwell Camp [Hardwell Castle] Hillfort|date=11 Mar 2011|website=The Megalithic Portal|access-date=5 Nov 2018}}</ref>.
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| type = Hillfort
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| designation1 = Scheduled monument
| designation1_offname = Hardwell Camp promontory fort
| designation1_date = 18 August 1958
| designation1_number = 1017820<ref name="NHLE">{{National Heritage List for England| num=1017820 |desc=Hardwell Camp promontory fort |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
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'''Hardwell Castle''' or '''Hardwell Camp''' is an [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort|valley fort]] in the [[civil parish]] of [[Compton Beauchamp]] in [[Oxfordshire]] (previously [[Berkshire]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=28681|title=Hardwell Camp [Hardwell Castle] Hillfort|date=11 Mar 2011|website=The Megalithic Portal|access-date=5 Nov 2018}}</ref>


==Site nature==
==Site nature==
Like nearby [[Cherbury Camp]], it is not clearly in a strategic or easily defended position. It lies halfway down the [[escarpment|scarp]] slope of the [[White Horse Hills]] and is tucked away in a curve, invisible from most angles. This particular positioning suggests its builders had a specialist purpose in mind, although exactly what that may have been remains a mystery. It is 'multi-vallate', like Cherbury Camp. It is unexcavated and therefore very little is known about it. The site is described as a [[promontory fort]] by [[Historic England]], and has been a Scheduled Monument since 1958.<ref name="NHLE">{{National Heritage List for England| num=1017820 |desc=Hardwell Camp promontory fort |grade= |fewer-links= |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref>
Like nearby [[Cherbury Camp]], it is not clearly in a strategic or easily defended position. It lies halfway down the [[escarpment|scarp]] slope of the [[White Horse Hills]] and is tucked away in a curve, invisible from most angles. This particular positioning suggests its builders had a specialist purpose in mind, although exactly what that may have been remains a mystery. It is also surrounded by a double vallum: its dimensions 140 by 180 ft.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Handbook for Travellers in Berks, Bucks, and Oxfordshire: Including a Particular Description of the University and City of Oxford and the Descent of the Thames to Maidenhead and Windsor |page=52 |date=1872 |location=London |publisher=J. Murray}}</ref> It is 'multi-vallate', like Cherbury Camp. It is unexcavated and therefore very little is known about it. The site is described as a [[promontory fort]] by [[Historic England]], and has been a Scheduled Monument since 1958.<ref name="NHLE" />


==Location==
==Location==
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Latest revision as of 17:13, 30 April 2023

Hardwell Castle
Hardwell Camp
TypeHillfort
LocationCompton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire
Coordinates51°34′42″N 1°35′14″W / 51.57844°N 1.58723°W / 51.57844; -1.58723
Official nameHardwell Camp promontory fort
Designated18 August 1958
Reference no.1017820[1]
Hardwell Castle is located in Oxfordshire
Hardwell Castle
Location of Hardwell Castle in Oxfordshire

Hardwell Castle or Hardwell Camp is an Iron Age valley fort in the civil parish of Compton Beauchamp in Oxfordshire (previously Berkshire).[2]

Site nature

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Like nearby Cherbury Camp, it is not clearly in a strategic or easily defended position. It lies halfway down the scarp slope of the White Horse Hills and is tucked away in a curve, invisible from most angles. This particular positioning suggests its builders had a specialist purpose in mind, although exactly what that may have been remains a mystery. It is also surrounded by a double vallum: its dimensions 140 by 180 ft.[3] It is 'multi-vallate', like Cherbury Camp. It is unexcavated and therefore very little is known about it. The site is described as a promontory fort by Historic England, and has been a Scheduled Monument since 1958.[1]

Location

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The site is at grid reference SU287867 in the Vale of White Horse, very close to the small settlements of both Compton Beauchamp and Knighton, 2 miles from Uffington and 1 mile from the hilltop Uffington Castle.

References

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  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Hardwell Camp promontory fort (1017820)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Hardwell Camp [Hardwell Castle] Hillfort". The Megalithic Portal. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ A Handbook for Travellers in Berks, Bucks, and Oxfordshire: Including a Particular Description of the University and City of Oxford and the Descent of the Thames to Maidenhead and Windsor. London: J. Murray. 1872. p. 52.


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