Yarnbury Castle
Yarnbury Castle is the site of a multiphase, multivallate Iron Age hillfort near the village of Steeple Langford, Wiltshire, England. The site covers an area of 28.5 acres, and was extensively surveyed and investigated by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England in 1991, with finds of Iron Age and Romano-British pottery, Iron Age and Roman coins, and burials of human remains.Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: site of a multiphase, multivallate iron age hillfort in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Yarnbury Camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of All Saints and St Nicholas’s Church, Fisherton Delamere.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 2 miles south of Yarnbury Castle.
St Nicholas’s Church, Fisherton Delamere
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas's Church in Fisherton Delamere, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Nicholas’s Church, Fisherton Delamere is situated 2½ miles southwest of Yarnbury Castle.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 2½ miles east of Yarnbury Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deptford and Fisherton de la Mere.
Deptford
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deptford is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Yarnbury Castle.
Fisherton de la Mere
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fisherton de la Mere, also spelt Fisherton Delamere, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wylye, on the River Wylye, Wiltshire, England. Fisherton de la Mere is situated 2½ miles southwest of Yarnbury Castle.
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. Little Langford is situated 2½ miles south of Yarnbury Castle.
Yarnbury Castle
- Categories: contour 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
51.16275° or 51° 9′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.95079° or 1° 57′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C3W527X+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 30695765OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q15949181
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Yarnbury Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “Yarnbury Castle”
- German: “Yarnbury Castle”
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