1952 blueprint/waterworks reservoir Planning map
OLDBURY
Map annexed to Conveyance dated 1952
56 x 40 cm
Black and white - with colour
Good vintage condition for age - see photos for full details
below thx to ourwarwickshire org
Description of this historic site
The remains of Oldbury Camp, an Iron Age hillfort which survives as an earthwork. It is situated 200m north of Oldbury Grange.
Notes about this historic site
1A ‘quadrangular’ fort, ‘whose height and largeness do still shew the strength it was of’.
2The camp crowns a rocky elevation 180m high. In the centre lay a Georgian mansion (PRN 258). The site has a commanding position, overlooking the vale of Leicestershire. The camp is oblong and of about 3 ha. The ramparts are well preserved on three sides and consist of a single bank about 6.5m broad at base and 2m high. Outside this is a ditch, well-marked to the NW and also evident to the SW. There are now three entrances.
3In 1949 trenching was conducted in advance of construction of reservoir. Trenching to NW of site of Oldbury Hall produced no archaeological traces. To the NE a trench was cut through the rampart revealing construction of diorite rubble held on inside by a line of heavy packing. Also possible internal quarry hollows and a small ditch. A trench was also dug on the SW. One side of the camp is missing. Two mid-side entrances are evident. The NW entrance is not original, but the E may be. In the two cuttings the ditch was steep-sided with a narrow flat bottom. A flint chip came from a ditch near the N corner. Photographs from the excavation are in the FI file.
4 1973. Trial holes in advance of further reservoir construction produced no features or finds.
5A deep diorite quarry has been dug to the N and NW of the monument and the NW bank and ditch have been badly damaged.