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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bury Hill Camp (Purton) - Hillfort in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Thursday, 16 October 2014  Page Views: 4665

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bury Hill Camp (Purton)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.506 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Wiltshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Cricklade  Nearest Village: Purton
Map Ref: SU05759010
Latitude: 51.609704N  Longitude: 1.918361W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Bury Hill Camp (Purton)
Bury Hill Camp (Purton) submitted by 4clydesdale7 : South-east bank from the NE. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Wiltshire

This late Bronze Age/early Iron Age Hillfort (referred to on some OS Maps as a Settlement) lies NW of the Village of Purton just 600m to the East of Bridge Farm (on the B4696) between Cox Hill and the Swindon to Stroud Railway - it is very carefully described as a 'Slight Univallate Hillfort' and is often overlooked because of the proximity of its near neighbour the more spectacular Ringsbury Camp to the SSE

Its area is some 2.6 ha (6 1/2 acres) and is divided by several modern hedges and fences - the Bank rarely rises above 1m and the Ditch (probably the more prominent feature) seldom descends below 1 1/2 m - there is an entrance to the NW and the Camp commands a beautiful view to the Vale over the railway to the south and east - interestingly the approaches either from Bridge Farm (to the west) or Purton Stoke (to the east) take the visitor along an old Drovers Road

A leisurely stroll for a summer's afternoon, the camp is well worth a visit -

Pastscape monument no. 216720.
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Bury Hill Camp (Purton)
Bury Hill Camp (Purton) submitted by 4clydesdale7 : North bank from the E. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bury Hill Camp (Purton)
Bury Hill Camp (Purton) submitted by 4clydesdale7 : South bank from the ENE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SU0590 : Bury Hill Fort by Vieve Forward
by Vieve Forward
©2020(licence)
SU0690 : Public footpath towards Cox Hill by Vieve Forward
by Vieve Forward
©2020(licence)
SU0589 : The line runs through woods by Bury Hill by Steve Daniels
by Steve Daniels
©2009(licence)
SU0589 : Wackers on the Swindon to Cheltenham Railway, east of Minety by Brian Robert Marshall
by Brian Robert Marshall
©2013(licence)
SU0689 : Sheep pasture by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2020(licence)

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