Old Sarum
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. 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.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 370 feet (110 metres)
- …is operated by English Heritage
- Description: site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England
- Also known as“Searoburh”“Sorviodunum”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Old Sarum Cathedral
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480 feet northwest of Old Sarum
Old Castle Inn
Old Castle Inn is a restaurant.
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Old Sarum
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Latitude
51.09347° or 51° 5′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.80465° or 1° 48′ 17″ west
Open location code
9C3W35VW+94
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Swedish—“Old Sarum” goes by many names.
ኦልድ ሳሩምAmharic
ساروم القديمةArabic
旧塞勒姆Chinese
Old SarumDanish
Old SarumDutch
ساروم القديمهEgyptian Arabic
Old SarumEsperanto
Old SarumItalian
オールド・セーラムJapanese
オールドサラムJapanese
올드새럼Korean
SorviodunumLatin
Old SarumNorwegian
Old SarumNorwegian Bokmål
Старый СарумRussian
Old SarumSerbo-Croatian
Old SarumSlovenian
Old SarumSwedish
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