The Rookery

The Rookery is a forest in Steeple Langford, Wiltshire, England. The Rookery is situated nearby to the locality Clifford Bottom, as well as near Steeple Langford Cow Down.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yarnbury Castle and Grovely Castle.

Yarnbury Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Grovely Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Langford and Fisherton de la Mere.

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.

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.