Scratchbury Camp
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.Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Scratchbury Hill” and “Scratchbury Hill Monuments: Iron age hillfort, round barrows and enclosures”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include All Saints‘ Church and Battlesbury Camp.
All Saints‘ Church
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints‘ Church is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Scratchbury Camp.
Battlesbury Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Battlesbury Camp is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Scratchbury Camp.
Church of St Aldhelm
Church
Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Aldhelm is situated 1 mile west of Scratchbury 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.
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 2 miles south of Scratchbury Camp.
Warminster
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Warminster is a delightful market town with a friendly population of around 18,000. The town has many interesting buildings, nearly all of which owe their existence to Warminster's great fame as a successful corn market for several centuries.
Scratchbury Camp
- Categories: contour fort, hillfort, round barrow, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Norton Bavant, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19707° or 51° 11′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.1275° or 2° 7′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C3V5VWC+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1078280031OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7438847
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In Other Languages
From French to Italian—“Scratchbury Camp” goes by many names.
- French: “Scratchbury Camp”
- Italian: “Scratchbury Camp”
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Highlights include Scratchbury Hill and The Copse.
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