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Oldbury Camp

1st century BC in Great BritainArchaeological sites in KentHill forts in KentIron Age EnglandNational Trust properties in Kent
Tonbridge and Malling
Ramparts on the Southwest of Oldbury Hillfort, Kent
Ramparts on the Southwest of Oldbury Hillfort, Kent

Oldbury Camp (also known as Oldbury hill fort) is the largest Iron Age hill fort in south-eastern England. It was built in the 1st century BC by Celtic British tribes on a hilltop west of Ightham, Kent, in a strategic location overlooking routes through the Kentish Weald. The fort comprises a bank and ditch enclosing an area of about 50 hectares (120 acres), with entrances at the north-east and south ends. Wooden gates barred the entrances. Archaeological excavations carried out in the 1930s and 1980s found that the hill fort's interior had probably not been permanently occupied. It had been abandoned around 50 BC and the north-east gate had been burned down, possibly due to a Roman invasion. The wooded southern part of Oldbury Camp is now owned and managed by the National Trust and is open to the public.

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Oldbury Camp
Styants Bottom Road, Tonbridge and Malling Ightham

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N 51.28 ° E 0.26 °
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TN15 0ES Tonbridge and Malling, Ightham
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Ramparts on the Southwest of Oldbury Hillfort, Kent
Ramparts on the Southwest of Oldbury Hillfort, Kent
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