Barbury Castle
Barbury Castle is a scheduled hillfort in Wiltshire, England, about 5.5 miles south of Swindon.Photo: Geotrekker72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hill fort in England
- Also known as: “Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hackpen White Horse and Clout’s Wood.
Hackpen White Horse
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hackpen White Horse is a chalk hill figure of a white horse on Hackpen Hill, located below The Ridgeway on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, two miles south east of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, England. Hackpen White Horse is situated 1½ miles southwest of Barbury Castle.
Clout’s Wood
Deciduous forest
Photo: Garrytowns, Public domain.
Clout's Wood is an 11.78 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951. The site is managed as a nature reserve by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Clout’s Wood is situated 2 miles north of Barbury Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Draycot Foliat and Broad Hinton.
Draycot Foliat
Hamlet
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Draycot Foliat is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chiseldon, in the Swindon district, in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England, on the back road between Chiseldon to the north and Ogbourne St. Draycot Foliat is situated 2 miles northeast of Barbury Castle.
Broad Hinton
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Hinton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles southwest of Swindon. The parish includes the hamlets of Uffcott and The Weir. Broad Hinton is situated 2½ miles west of Barbury Castle.
Wroughton
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wroughton is a large village and civil parish in northeast Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Swindon and lies along the A4361 between Swindon and Avebury; the road into Swindon crosses the M4 motorway between junctions 15 and 16.
Barbury Castle
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ogbourne St Andrew, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.48535° or 51° 29′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.78653° or 1° 47′ 12″ westOperator
Swindon Borough CouncilOpen location code
9C3WF6P7+49OpenStreetMap ID
way 506814615OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q807881
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Barbury Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴伯里城堡”
- Dutch: “Barbury Castle”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo Barbury”
- French: “Barbury Castle”
- German: “Barbury Castle”
- Italian: “Barbury Castle”
- Turkish: “Barbury Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barbury Castle Country Park and Nut Plantation.
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