Battlesbury Camp
Battlesbury Camp is the site of an Iron Age bivallate hill fort on Battlesbury Hill near the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, South West England. Excavations and surveys at the site have uncovered various finds and archaeological evidence.Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: site of an Iron Age bivallate hillfort on Battlesbury Hill in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Battlesbury Camp hill fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harman Lines and St John’s Church, Warminster.
Harman Lines
Military installation
Harman Lines is a military installation of the British Army, which is part of Warminster Garrison on the Salisbury Plain. Harman Lines is on Sack Road in Warminster, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Harman Lines is situated 2,700 feet north of Battlesbury Camp.
St John’s Church, Warminster
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Church, in full the Church of St John the Evangelist, is a Church of England church in the Boreham area in the south-east of the town of Warminster, Wiltshire, England. It was built in 1865 and is a Grade II* listed building. St John’s Church, Warminster is situated 1 mile southwest of Battlesbury Camp.
Scratchbury Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scratchbury Camp is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort on Scratchbury Hill, overlooking the Wylye valley about 1 km northeast of the village of Norton Bavant in Wiltshire, England. Scratchbury Camp is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Battlesbury Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norton Bavant and Tytherington.
Norton Bavant
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Norton Bavant is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles southeast of Warminster. Norton Bavant is situated 1½ miles southeast of Battlesbury Camp.
Tytherington
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tytherington is a small village in Wiltshire, in the southwest of England. It lies on the south side of the Wylye valley, about 3+1⁄2 miles southeast of the town of Warminster and 1 mile southwest of the larger village of Heytesbury. Tytherington is situated 3 miles south of Battlesbury Camp.
Westbury
Town
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westbury is a market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. The town lies below the northwestern edge of Salisbury Plain, about 4 miles south of Trowbridge and a similar distance north of Warminster. Westbury is situated 4 miles northwest of Battlesbury Camp.
Battlesbury Camp
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Warminster, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.21002° or 51° 12′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.14676° or 2° 8′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3V6V63+27OpenStreetMap ID
way 1019703718OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q4873218
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In Other Languages
“Battlesbury Camp” goes by many names.
- French: “Battlesbury Camp”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Battlesbury Hill and Battlesbury Wood.
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