Grovely Castle
Grovely Castle is the site of an Iron Age univallate hill fort in the parish of Steeple Langford, in Wiltshire, England. The remaining ramparts stand approximately 3.2 m high, with 1.5 m deep ditches, although ploughing has damaged the earthworks in some parts of the site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Iron Age univallate hill-fort in Wiltshire, England
- Also known as: “Grovely castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas Of Mira and Church of All Saints.
Church of St Nicholas Of Mira
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas Of Mira is situated 2,800 feet north of Grovely Castle.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Grovely Castle.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles northeast of Grovely Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Langford and Baverstock.
Little Langford
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Langford is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple Langford, in Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Wilton, about 5 miles to the southeast.
Baverstock
Hamlet
Photo: William Avery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baverstock is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Dinton, in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles west of Salisbury. The village has 10 private dwellings, a church and several farm buildings. Baverstock is situated 2½ miles southwest of Grovely Castle.
Barford St Martin
Village
Photo: William Avery, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Barford St Martin is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 2.5 miles west of Wilton, around the junction of the A30 and the B3089. Barford is known as one of the Nadder Valley villages, named for the River Nadder which flows through the parish. Grovely Wood forms the northern section of the parish. Barford St Martin is situated 2½ miles south of Grovely Castle.
Grovely Castle
- Categories: hillslope fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Steeple Langford, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.12105° or 51° 7′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.93236° or 1° 55′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C3W43C9+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1087903570OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q55382658
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grovely Castle”. Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.