Oram's Arbour
Oram's Arbour was an enclosed settlement (Oppidum) during the Iron Age, in what is now Winchester. Limited dating evidence suggests the enclosure was dug in the early-mid first century BC.[1] The town wall of the Roman civitas capital of Venta Belgarum which succeeded the Iron Age settlement cut across its eastern end.
Oram's Arbour
Today it is a small grassy park in Winchester, and was formerly used for the annual Winchester Hat Fair both as a picnic site and to stage outdoor theatre and acrobatics.
References
- Biddle, M. 1975. 'Excavations at Winchester, 1971 - Tenth and Final Interim Report: part I', The Antiquaries Journal 55:1, 96-126.
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