The top of the hill, which is a cone in shape, is the artificial part, as examined by antiquarian digs in the 19th century.
Crossing it used to be a road named Saltway, which actually was a salt way, proceeding to the south-west in the direction of Oxford and London.
[1] Crouch Hill was used as an encampment by William Waller in 1644 during the siege of Banbury Castle.
[4][5] Crouch Hill (Rusher 1789), a poem by Philip Rusher who was a resident of the Town in the 18th and 19th centuries, recounts the view from Crouch Hill of the churches in the town:[6] But see where o'er the rest wilth nobler blaze Its eight crown'd turrets Banbury displays Upon its hallow'd walls and wide around, Thick rising structures occupy the ground.
Behold how Phoebus with his early lights Shines on the battlements and builded heights.