<< Our Photo Pages >> Whitesheet Castle - Hillfort in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by sem on Tuesday, 16 March 2004  Page Views: 7437

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Whitesheet Castle Alternative Name: White Sheet Castle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.15 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Warminster  Nearest Village: Kilmington
Map Ref: ST804346  Landranger Map Number: 183
Latitude: 51.110355N  Longitude: 2.281358W
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.
 4 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
 4

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

juleslandau visited on 10th Jan 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Superb hillfort with commanding views in all directions, particularly the south towards Cranbourne Chase. The atmosphere is improved by the absence of any traffic noise or the sight of any settlement larger than a small village whichever way you look. On a cold winter’s day the wind moans as it blows up the steep escarpments to the south, kites and buzzards circle and crows fly in vain against the gusts. Magnificent and magical.

sem Andy B have visited here

Whitesheet Castle
Whitesheet Castle submitted by sem : Eastern Banks (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Wiltshire

Have you visited this site? Please add a comment below.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Whitesheet Castle
Whitesheet Castle submitted by juleslandau : Pond Barrow on the southern flank of Whitesheet castle. Almost hengelike in its definition. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Whitesheet Castle
Whitesheet Castle submitted by sem : Bowl Barrow This Bronze Age barrow sits over the Neolithic causewayed enclosure. A good example of continuous use of a site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Whitesheet Castle
Whitesheet Castle submitted by sem : Pond Barrow This sits in the middle of the later Iron Age fort, showing the site had been occupied and used for millenia. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Whitesheet Castle
Whitesheet Castle submitted by Creative Commons : The steep slope up to White Sheet Castle, which is really an ancient fort. Current thinking suggests these "forts" were not built as defensive structures but were more in the nature of hilltop villages. Populations were much smaller at that time and the country wilder with wolves and bears and the "fortifications" were built for security. Copyright Maurice Pullen and licensed for reuse u... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Whitesheet Castle
Whitesheet Castle submitted by Creative Commons : Cross Dyke, White Sheet Hill A cross dyke is a linear earthwork comprising of a ditch arranged beside and parallel to banks. They appear to have been used for defensive purposes. Copyright Trish Steel and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 627m NNW 337° Whitesheet Hill* Ancient Village or Settlement (ST80163518)
 2.1km ENE 62° Rodmead Barrow Cemetery Barrow Cemetery (ST823356)
 2.2km NE 52° Rodmead Hill Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (ST82123593)
 4.0km W 271° Park Hill Camp* Hillfort (ST76383471)
 4.4km W 280° St. Peter's Pump* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST761354)
 4.4km SW 220° Bourton Monolith* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST7757731221)
 4.4km N 356° Town Well (Maiden Bradley) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST8010039028)
 4.5km SW 221° Egbert's Stone Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST774312)
 5.8km ESE 117° Puckwell* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST856319)
 7.3km ENE 67° Pertwood Down Long Barrow Long Barrow (ST872374)
 8.0km S 178° Gillingham Vicarage (Dorset) Ancient Cross (ST80682656)
 8.6km ESE 118° St Mary the Virgin (East Knoyle)* Ancient Cross (ST880305)
 8.7km SW 214° St Barbara's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 9.0km NW 325° Witham Friary 2 Round Barrow(s) (ST75264194)
 9.4km NW 317° Witham Friary I Round Barrow(s) (ST74014156)
 9.5km NNW 339° Conquest Field Round Barrow(s) (ST77004347)
 9.9km NNE 22° Nutball Stone Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST842437)
 10.1km SW 228° Physic Well (Wincanton) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST728279)
 10.6km NE 43° Robin Hood's Bower Ancient Village or Settlement (ST87684234)
 10.7km SW 236° Wincanton and District Museum* Museum (ST7149528680)
 10.8km NNE 19° Cley Hill* Hillfort (ST840448)
 10.9km WSW 238° Shad Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST711289)
 10.9km NE 48° Sutton Common Henge* Henge (ST88544194)
 11.9km W 271° Patwell* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST6843434863)
 12.7km SE 138° Castle Rings* Hillfort (ST889251)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< The Trundle

The Roveries >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Stonehenge Landscapes Book and CD-ROM

Stonehenge Landscapes Book and CD-ROM

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Whitesheet Castle" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.