Priorscourt Wood

Priorscourt Wood is a forest in Chieveley, West Berkshire, England. Priorscourt Wood is situated nearby to the village Chieveley, as well as near the hamlet Oare.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grimsbury Castle and Bussock Camp.

Grimsbury Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grimsbury Castle is an Iron Age "multiple enclosure" Hill Fort comprising a large circular encampment on a high hill. It is within Grimsbury Wood, between Cold Ash and Hermitage, in the county of Berkshire.

Bussock Camp

Archaeological site

Photo: D Gore, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bussock Camp is the site of an Iron Age bivallate hillfort located in Berkshire, England. It has a double bank and ditch to the south and east, with only a single bank remaining the north and western sides.

Church of St Bartholomew

Church

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hermitage and Chieveley.

Hermitage

Village

Hermitage is a village and civil parish, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. The civil parish is made up of a number of settlements: Hermitage village, Little Hungerford and Wellhouse.

Chieveley

Village

Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chieveley is a village and large civil parish centred 3.5 miles north of Newbury in Berkshire, close to the M4 motorway and A34 road. Chieveley services are within the parish.