Cholesbury Camp

Cholesbury Camp is a large and well-preserved Iron Age hill fort on the northern edge of the village of Cholesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. It is roughly oval-shaped and covers an area, including ramparts, of 15 acres, and measures approximately 310 m north-east to south-west by 230 m north-west to south-east.

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Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Bury Hills”, “Hawridge Camp”, “Large multivallate hillfort known as Cholesbury Camp”, “The Camp”, and “The Danish Camp”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hawridge Windmill and Full Moon Public House.

Hawridge Windmill

Windmill

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Hawridge Windmill which is also known as Cholesbury Windmill is a disused tower mill in Hawridge, Buckinghamshire. The mill was constructed on the site of an earlier smock mill and became a private residence in 1913 when the first occupier, the writer Gilbert Cannan used it as a studio. Hawridge Windmill is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Cholesbury Camp.

Full Moon Public House

Pub

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Full Moon Public House is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Cholesbury Camp.

Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School

School

Hawridge is a small village in the Chilterns in the county of Buckinghamshire, England and bordering the county boundary with Hertfordshire. It is 3 miles from Chesham, 4 miles from both Tring and Berkhamsted. Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Cholesbury Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cholesbury and Buckland Common.

Cholesbury

Village

Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cholesbury is a village in the civil parish of Cholesbury-cum-St. Leonards, in Buckinghamshire, England, on the border with Hertfordshire. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, about 4 miles east of Wendover, 5 mi north of Chesham and 5 mi from Berkhamsted.

Buckland Common

Village

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Buckland Common is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, 4 miles east of Wendover and the same distance south of Tring in Hertfordshire with which it shares a boundary.

St Leonards

Village

Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Leonards is a small village in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is 3 miles east of Wendover and 4 miles south of Tring, Hertfordshire.

Cholesbury Camp

Categories: hillslope fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.75615° or 51° 45′ 22″ north

Longitude

-0.65398° or 0° 39′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C3XQ84W+FC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41589970

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q5104310

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