Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road
Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road is an archaeological site in Shere, Guildford District, England. Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road is situated nearby to the peak Holmbury Hill, as well as near the university Mullard SSL.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: partial contour fort in Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as: “Holmbury Camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holmbury Hill and Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
Holmbury Hill
Peak
Photo: Frege100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holmbury Hill is a wooded area of 261 metres above sea level in Surrey, England, and the site of an Iron Age-period hillfort. The Old Saxon word "holm" can be translated as hill and "bury" means fortified place.
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
University
Photo: John Barrett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory is the largest university-based space research group in the UK. MSSL is part of the Department of Space and Climate Physics at University College London, one of the first universities in the world to conduct space research. Mullard Space Science Laboratory is situated 1,300 feet south of Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road.
Hurtwood House
School
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hurtwood House is an independent, co-educational boarding school and sixth form for pupils aged 15–19, near to the market town of Dorking, in Surrey, England. Hurtwood House is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holmbury St Mary and Sutton Abinger.
Holmbury St Mary
Village
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holmbury St Mary is a village in Surrey, England centered on shallow upper slopes of the Greensand Ridge. Its developed area is a nucleated village, 4.5 miles southwest of Dorking and 8 miles southeast of Guildford.
Sutton Abinger
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abinger is a large, well-wooded and mostly rural civil parish that lies between the settlements of Dorking, Shere and Ewhurst in the district of Mole Valley, Surrey, England. Sutton Abinger is situated 2 miles north of Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road.
Friday Street
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Friday Street is a hamlet on the gentle lower north slope of Leith Hill in Surrey, England. It is in a wooded headwater ravine, just to the south of Wotton and the A25, a single rather than dual carriageway road, running between Guildford to the west and Dorking to the east. Friday Street is situated 2 miles northeast of Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road.
Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road
- Categories: partial contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shere, Guildford District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.17549° or 51° 10′ 32″ northLongitude
-0.42125° or 0° 25′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C3X5HGH+5FOpenStreetMap ID
way 78493174OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17671757
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