Uffington Castle
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.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: hillfort in Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Uffington Castle Hill Fort”, “Uffington Castle: a univallate hillfort immediately north of the Ridgeway on Whitehorse Hill”, “Uffington Dragon Hill”, and “Woolstone Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Dragon Hill and Church of All Saints.
Wayland’s Smithy
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woolstone and Kingston Lisle.
Kingston Lisle
Village
Uffington
Village
Uffington Castle
- Categories: hillfort, archaeological site, contour fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Uffington, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.57499° or 51° 34′ 30″ north
Longitude
-1.56918° or 1° 34′ 9″ west
Elevation
584 feet (178 metres)
Open location code
9C3WHCFJ+X8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Uffington Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “優芬頓城堡”
- German: “Uffington Castle”
- Latin: “Uffington Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Uffington”
- Turkish: “Uffington Kalesi”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Manger and Woolstone Wells.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Uffington Down and The Ridgeway.
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