Iron Age hillfort, Castle Hill, Blunsdon St Andrew

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Iron Age hillfort, Castle Hill, Blunsdon St Andrew

Image: © Vieve Forward Taken: 1 Jan 2012

Castle Hill is a univallate Iron Age hillfort enclosing 7.5 acres constructed on a Corallian escarpment overlooking the Upper Thames valley. A magnetometer survey during 2004 indicated possible grain storage pits. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, SMR No. SU19SE200. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/smr/getsmr.php?id=16488

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.619766
Longitude
-1.774191