Woodbury Hill
{{Short description|Hillfort in Worcestershire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{for|the hillfort near Woodbury, Devon|Woodbury Castle}}
{{for|the hillfort near Dartmouth, Devon|Woodbury, Dartmouth}}
{{for|the hillfort in Dorset|Woodbury Hill, Dorset}}
{{Infobox ancient site
| name = Woodbury Hill
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| image = View north from Woodbury Hill - geograph.org.uk - 418941.jpg
| image_size = 240px
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| caption = View north from Woodbury Hill. In the middle distance is Abberley Clock Tower.
| map_type = Worcestershire
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| location = near Great Witley, Worcestershire
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| coordinates = {{coord|52.2780|N|2.3693|W|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:GB}}
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| type = Hillfort
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| area = {{convert|11|ha}}
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| epochs = Iron Age
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| designation1 = Scheduled monument
| designation1_number = 1005330
| designation1_date = 10 August 1923
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Woodbury Hill is a hill near the village of Great Witley, about {{convert|5|mi|0}} south-west of Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire, England. It is the site of an Iron Age hillfort.
Description
The hill overlooks the River Teme to the south-west. The fort (a scheduled monument) has a single rampart with an external ditch. It has dimensions of about {{convert|600|m}} west to east and {{convert|350|m}} north to south, enclosing an area of about {{convert|11|ha}}. There is an entrance with inturned ramparts at the south-west, and other entrances. A track leads north to south through the site.{{NHLE|num=1005330 |desc=Woodbury Hill Camp|access-date= 10 May 2021}}[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol4/pp372-375 'Parishes: Great Witley', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 4, ed. William Page and J W Willis-Bund (London, 1924), pp. 372-375] British History Online. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
History
The fort is called "Owen Glendower's Camp". In 1405 it was the site of a standoff between the Welsh/French army of Owain Glyndŵr and the army of King Henry IV of England. The armies took up battle positions, the English on Abberley Hill and the Welsh and French on Woodbury Hill. They never engaged in battle; with their supply routes blocked, the Welsh began to starve. Henry stood down his army, and the Welsh army headed home.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103090105/http://www.culture24.org.uk/history%20%26%20heritage/war%20%26%20conflict/tra23184 Owain Glyn Dwr And The Battle For Wales] Corinne Field, 24 September 2004. BBC Battlefield Britain. Via Wayback Machine.
During the English Civil War, local peasants met here to form a clubmen society to protect themselves from the ravages of both the Royalist and Roundhead troops.[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5115 Woodbury Hill (Worcestershire)] The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 11 May 2021.