Hardwell Castle
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Hardwell Castle or Hardwell Camp is an Iron Age valley fort in the civil parish of Compton Beauchamp in Oxfordshire (previously Berkshire).[1]
Position
Like nearby Cherbury Camp, Hardwell Castle 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.
Description
The site is surrounded by a double vallum Script error: No such module "convert". in dimension.[2] It is 'multi-vallate', like Cherbury Camp.
Status
The site is unexcavated and therefore very little is known about it. It is described as a promontory fort by Historic England, and has been a Scheduled Monument since 1958.[3]
Location
The site is at Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates". in the Vale of White Horse, very close to the small settlements of both Compton Beauchamp and Knighton, Script error: No such module "convert". from Uffington and Script error: No such module "convert". from the hilltop Uffington Castle.
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