Bratton Castle

Bratton Castle is a bivallate Iron Age built hill fort on Bratton Down, at the western edge of the escarpment. The hill fort comprises two circuits of ditch and bank which together enclose a pentagonal area of 9.3 hectares.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: bivallate Iron Age hillfort on Bratton Down in Wiltshire, England
  • Also known as: “Bratton Camp”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Westbury White Horse and Westbury railway station.

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of , approximately 1.5 miles east of in , England. is situated 890 feet west of Bratton Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Kicior99, Public domain.
serves the market town of , in , England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway. The station is a major junction, serving the Reading to Taunton line with services to and from and London Paddington… is situated 2½ miles west of Bratton Castle.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2 miles west of Bratton Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bratton and Westbury.

Village
Photo: My another account, Public domain.
is a village and civil parish in the English county of , about 2.5 miles east of . The village lies under the northern slope of , on the B3098 – road.

Town
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a market town and civil parish in west , England. The town lies below the northwestern edge of , about 4 miles south of and a similar distance north of . is situated 2 miles west of Bratton Castle.

Village
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large hamlet in , England, between the towns of and . Most of the settlement lies in the civil parish of , the rest in . is situated 3 miles northwest of Bratton Castle.

Bratton Castle

Latitude
51.26361° or 51° 15′ 49″ north
Longitude
-2.14315° or 2° 8′ 35″ west
Open location code
9C3V7V74+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 236033342
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q4958135
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Bratton Castle” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “巴頓城堡”
  • French: “Bratton Camp”
  • Turkish: “Bratton Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include White Horse and Winkland’s Down.

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