Bury Hill, Hampshire
| Bury Hill | |
|
Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 The fottpath circling Bury Hill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU345435 |
| Location: | 51°11’24"N, 1°30’25"W |
| History | |
| Information | |
Bury Hill is the site of a former Iron Age hillfort about a mile and a half south-west of the centre of Andover in the north of Hampshire. The site encloses about 22 acres.
Two stages in the construction of the fort are evident: the first is a low single rampart and ditch, to the north and west of the second, which has a stronger double-rampart and ditch earthworks, part of which overlies the earlier work. The banks and the ditch are apparently in good condition, although fairly heavily wooded. A footpath encircles the hill fort on the inner rampart, accessible from the north-east and south-west. The centre is left to grass and very secluded, but is not accessible to the general public.
The site was used well into the Roman era and was used as a camp by King Canute in 1016, when he fought Edmund Ironside in the Battle of Andover.[1][2]
Location
The site is south of the Pillhill Brook and Anna Valley, west of the village of Upper Clatford and west of the River Anton. To the south is open farmland. The hill summit is 328 feet above sea level.
