Chisbury

Chisbury
Colin Bates · CC BY-SA 2.0

Chisbury Camp is a prehistoric hillfort in the civil parish of Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, covering approximately 14 acres at 176 m above sea level. Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age artefacts have been found nearby, but the hillfort itself was most probably constructed in the late Iron Age, around the 1st century AD. It was reused during the Anglo-Saxon period as a burh, cited as Cyssanbyrig in the Burghal Hidage, the document listing fortifications of Wessex from the later 9th century. St Martin's Chapel, on the eastern edge, was built in the early 13th century. Both the hillfort and chapel were designated a scheduled ancient monument in 1925.

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1 - 500 AD
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.3951° N, 1.6030° W

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