Old Sarum

Old Sarum, in , , is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of . Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England
  • Also known as: “Searoburh” and “オールド・セーラム”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Old Sarum Cathedral and Old Castle Inn.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bob Castle, Public domain.
was a cathedral at old… is situated 480 feet northwest of Old Sarum.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant, which is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Old Sarum.

Church
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St Lawrence's Church at … is situated 2,400 feet west of Old Sarum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stratford-sub-Castle and Bemerton.

Village
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in , England, was…

Suburb
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, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish… is situated 1½ miles southwest of Old Sarum.

Village
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. is situated 2½ miles east of Old Sarum.

Old Sarum

Latitude
51.09347° or 51° 5′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.80465° or 1° 48′ 17″ west
Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C3W35VW+94
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28141371
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
7302567
Wiki­data ID
Q782719
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Swedish—“Old Sarum” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኦልድ ሳሩም”
  • Arabic: “ساروم القديمة”
  • Chinese: “旧塞勒姆”
  • Danish: “Old Sarum”
  • Dutch: “Old Sarum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساروم القديمه”
  • Esperanto: “Old Sarum”
  • French: “Old Sarum”
  • German: “Old Sarum”
  • Italian: “Old Sarum”
  • Japanese: “オールドサラム”
  • Korean: “올드새럼”
  • Latin: “Sorviodunum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Old Sarum”
  • Norwegian: “Old Sarum”
  • Portuguese: “Old Sarum”
  • Russian: “Старый Сарум”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Old Sarum”
  • Slovenian: “Old Sarum”
  • Spanish: “Old Sarum”
  • Swedish: “Old Sarum”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Old Sarum and South Castle Piece.

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