Old Oswestry Hillfort
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Old Oswestry Hillfort is a well-preserved Iron Age hillfort in Shropshire, England, renowned for its extensive earthworks and archaeological significance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Oswestry Hillfort canonical | 1 |
| Old Oswestry hill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1725757 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Oswestry Hillfort Context triple: [Oswestry, hasLandmark, Old Oswestry Hillfort]
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A.
Maiden Castle hillfort
Maiden Castle hillfort is an ancient defensive earthwork located within the Lomond Hills of Fife, Scotland, notable for its prehistoric archaeological remains.
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B.
Birdoswald Roman Fort
Birdoswald Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort in Cumbria, England, that formed part of the defensive frontier system of Hadrian’s Wall.
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C.
Skenfrith Castle
Skenfrith Castle is a medieval riverside fortress in southeast Wales, notable as one of the “Three Castles” built to control the Monnow Valley near the English border.
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D.
Wroxeter Roman City
Wroxeter Roman City is one of the largest and best-preserved Roman urban sites in Britain, featuring extensive archaeological remains of the ancient city of Viroconium.
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E.
Saalburg Roman fort
Saalburg Roman fort is a reconstructed Roman military camp in Germany that served as part of the frontier defenses along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and now functions as an archaeological park and museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Oswestry Hillfort Target entity description: Old Oswestry Hillfort is a well-preserved Iron Age hillfort in Shropshire, England, renowned for its extensive earthworks and archaeological significance.
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A.
Maiden Castle hillfort
Maiden Castle hillfort is an ancient defensive earthwork located within the Lomond Hills of Fife, Scotland, notable for its prehistoric archaeological remains.
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B.
Birdoswald Roman Fort
Birdoswald Roman Fort is a well-preserved Roman military fort in Cumbria, England, that formed part of the defensive frontier system of Hadrian’s Wall.
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C.
Skenfrith Castle
Skenfrith Castle is a medieval riverside fortress in southeast Wales, notable as one of the “Three Castles” built to control the Monnow Valley near the English border.
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D.
Wroxeter Roman City
Wroxeter Roman City is one of the largest and best-preserved Roman urban sites in Britain, featuring extensive archaeological remains of the ancient city of Viroconium.
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E.
Saalburg Roman fort
Saalburg Roman fort is a reconstructed Roman military camp in Germany that served as part of the frontier defenses along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and now functions as an archaeological park and museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iron Age hillfort
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archaeological site ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ |
| area | approximately 8 hectares ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| elevation | hilltop ⓘ |
| gridReference | SJ 297 309 ⓘ |
| hasAccessFrom | B4580 road ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf |
defensive modifications
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occupation layers ⓘ roundhouse platforms ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | protected archaeological site ⓘ |
| hasConstructionStartDate | Iron Age ⓘ |
| hasEarliestPhase | Early Iron Age ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
defensive earthworks
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ditches ⓘ entrance passages ⓘ internal platforms ⓘ multiple ramparts ⓘ |
| hasLaterPhase |
Late Iron Age
ⓘ
Middle Iron Age ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfRamparts | up to four ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Welsh borderlands ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed monument
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Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Shropshire
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West Midlands ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Oswestry ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Old Oswestry Hillfort
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Old Oswestry hill
|
| managedBy | English Heritage ⓘ |
| nearestTown | Oswestry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
archaeological significance
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complex multivallate defences ⓘ well-preserved earthworks ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| overlooks | Oswestry plain ⓘ |
| ownedBy | English Heritage ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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surface form:
Shropshire hillfort landscape
|
| referencedIn | local folklore ⓘ |
| region |
Shropshire Council
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surface form:
Shropshire Council area
|
| shape | irregular oval ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
archaeological excavations
ⓘ
conservation campaigns ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | nearby development proposals ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Iron Age
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Roman period ⓘ early medieval period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Oswestry Hillfort Description of subject: Old Oswestry Hillfort is a well-preserved Iron Age hillfort in Shropshire, England, renowned for its extensive earthworks and archaeological significance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Oswestry hill