Bincknoll Castle
Bincknoll Castle, or Bincknoll Camp, is the site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort in Wiltshire, England. The site lies on the end of a triangular promontory on the escarpment beneath the Ridgeway to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bincknoll Camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Broad Town White Horse and Christ Church.
Broad Town White Horse
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Town White Horse is a hill figure of a white horse located in the village of Broad Town, Wiltshire, England. One of eight canonical hill figures in Wiltshire depicting a white horse, it is carved into a 45° slope above Little Town Farmhouse and is visible for 20 miles. Broad Town White Horse is situated 1 mile southwest of Bincknoll Castle.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is the parish church of the village of Broad Town in Wiltshire, England. Constructed between 1844 and 1846 as a late Commissioners' church, it remains an active parish church and is a Grade II listed building. Christ Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Bincknoll Castle.
Salthrop House
Building
Salthrop House is a country house about 2 miles west of the village of Wroughton, Wiltshire, in England. It is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. Salthrop House is situated 1 mile northeast of Bincknoll Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Hinton and Wroughton.
Broad Hinton
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Hinton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles southwest of Swindon. The parish includes the hamlets of Uffcott and The Weir. Broad Hinton is situated 1½ miles south of Bincknoll Castle.
Wroughton
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wroughton is a large village and civil parish in northeast Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Swindon and lies along the A4361 between Swindon and Avebury; the road into Swindon crosses the M4 motorway between junctions 15 and 16.
South Leaze
Hamlet
South Leaze is a hamlet in Wroughton parish within the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It is south of the nearby village of Toothill and is close to the Mannington Retail Park. South Leaze is situated 2½ miles northeast of Bincknoll Castle.
Bincknoll Castle
- Categories: promontory fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51193° or 51° 30′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.84558° or 1° 50′ 44″ westElevation
636 feet (194 metres)Open location code
9C3WG563+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1218367570OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bincknoll Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bincknoll Castle”
- German: “Bincknoll Castle”
- Swedish: “Bincknoll Castle”
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Nearby Places
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