This page gives a list of the ‘Other Features’ (i.e., difficult to categorise) sites in the ‘Banburyshire Ancient Sites’ guide.
This section contains a miscellanea of features that don’t fit into the general description of ‘ancient sites’. Some may be Roman or Saxon rather than ‘pre-history’ sites; others are more recent sites that are still remarkable features in the landscape.
Arbury Hill is a curiously auspicious location: It’s one of the highest points in The Irondowns, and is the ‘county top’ of (what was) Northamptonshire; it sits at the central watershed of the South Midlands, near the line of a number of ancient green lanes, and is the boundary of three local parishes; and, unfortunately, it’s one of the most interesting but inaccessible hills in the area.
Crouch Hill is a popular informal space for walking and taking-in the view on the edge of Banbury. From around the flanks and from the modern concrete monolith of the trig point at its summit, the hill is a wonderful viewpoint over the local landscape for up to thirty miles. What many people do not realise is that the summit of Crouch Hill is quite possibly not natural.