Arts, Culture & Heritage
Old Oswestry Hill Fort
Old Oswestry
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 3AQ
About
Old Oswestry Hill Fort is one of Britain's best-preserved Iron Age hill forts, known for its intricate multi-layered defensive ramparts. Located on the Welsh border, this massive earthwork was once a major regional center of power, occupied for over a thousand years from the late Bronze Age through to the Roman period. The site features a series of concentric ditches and banks that create a dramatic, sculpted landscape visible from miles away. Today, it is a significant archaeological landmark and a popular spot for walkers, offering a profound sense of the ancient defensive strategies and community life of our ancestors in the Marches.
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Getting here
Gobowen Station
Bus routes to Oswestry centre
Gatacre Car Park
Short walk to Hill Fort base
