Fosbury Camp
| Fosbury Camp | |
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Wiltshire | |
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 Fosbury Camp | |
| Type: | Hill fort |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU319565 |
| Location: | 51°18’24"N, 1°32’38"W |
| History | |
| Built Iron Age | |
| Information | |
Fosbury Camp, is the site of an Iron Age bivallate hillfort on top of Haydown Hill in eastern Wiltshire, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. The site is oval in shape, and approximately 26 acres in area[1]
The fort sits atop Knolls Down and is excellently defended to the south, south-west, and east, from the very steeply sloped topology. To the north the land is less steep, and is mostly bounded by Oakhill Wood. To the west the ground rises to the true summit of Haydown Hill.
In the eastern side of the camp there lies a pond, perhaps an original feature of the Neolithic site.
Four miles to the north-east is the large hill fort on Walbury Hill, through which runs the Berkshire Hampshire border.
Location
The site is on Haydown Hill to the south of the village of Fosbury, and near the towns of Marlborough (Wiltshire) and Hungerford (Berkshire). It is at a height of 833 feet above sea level, slightly below the summit of the hill (846 feet). The fort is easily accessed by public footpaths running to the north of the site, and the borders of Oakhill Wood.
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