The Giant’s Stair
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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dragon Hill and Church of All Saints.
Dragon Hill
Peak
Photo: Frasmacon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Andrew Mathewson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 2,800 feet north of The Giant’s Stair.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woolstone and Uffington.
Woolstone
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woolstone is a village and civil parish about 4+1⁄2 miles south of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse. Woolstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 210.
Uffington
Village
Photo: Ballista, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uffington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles south of Faringdon and 6 miles west of Wantage. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 783. Uffington is situated 1½ miles north of The Giant’s Stair.
Kingston Lisle
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston Lisle is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England, about 4+1⁄2 miles west of Wantage and 5 miles south-southeast of Faringdon. Kingston Lisle is situated 2 miles east of The Giant’s Stair.
The Giant’s Stair
- Type: Grassland
- Also known as: “The Giant’s Stair of Uffington Castle”
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: Woolstone, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.57941° or 51° 34′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.57181° or 1° 34′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C3WHCHH+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 203424442OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
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