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Uffington Castle and White Horse in LiDAR

Uffington Castle and White Horse is an Iron Age hillfort in Oxfordshire. Here it is in the Environment Agency's 1 m LiDAR, shaded so the shape of the ground stands out. Look for the single ring of bank and ditch with its outer counterscarp bank, the one entrance on the west side, and the outline of the chalk-cut horse on the slope to the north-north-east.

What you can see

• Uffington Castle encloses 3.2 hectares, up to 220 metres west to east and 160 metres north to south. (Historic England)
• It has a single main bank about 12 metres wide inside a 15-metre ditch, with a smaller counterscarp bank beyond that. (Historic England)
• The only entrance is on the west: a causeway flanked by the out-turned ends of the inner rampart. (Historic England)
• The White Horse, 170 metres north-north-east of the hillfort, is about 111 metres from tail to ear and 40 metres high. (Historic England)

Visiting

Free entry, open any reasonable time during daylight hours; there is a National Trust car park on site, free to English Heritage members. (National Trust)

Official record: Historic England list entry 1008412: Uffington Castle: a univallate hillfort immediately north of the Ridgeway on Whitehorse Hill.

Look, don't detect or dig

Uffington Castle and White Horse is a Scheduled Monument, protected by law because it's of national importance. In England it's a criminal offence to use a metal detector on a Scheduled Monument without Historic England's written consent, and to remove any object of archaeological or historical interest found with one. Damaging a scheduled monument is an offence too, and works on one, including digging, need Scheduled Monument Consent first. More on Scheduled Monuments and the rules.

Keep to paths and open access land, and follow the Countryside Code.

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