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Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow

England
List entry 1014557
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014557
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
10.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 14938 76294
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Barbury Castle is a univallate hillfort situated on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire, England, dating to the Iron Age. The site comprises a roughly circular enclosure defined by a substantial single bank and ditch, with entrances on the north and south sides, and encloses an area of approximately 5.6 hectares. Archaeological evidence suggests occupation during the Iron Age, with the fort likely serving defensive and administrative functions typical of hillforts in this period. A Bronze Age bowl barrow is also present within the hillfort enclosure, representing an earlier phase of prehistoric use of this prominent chalk downland location.

Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014557. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow?

Barbury Castle is a univallate hillfort situated on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire, England, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014557.

Who is responsible for protecting Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow?

Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014557.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery (9.8 km), Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery (9.9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow in The Belt, 350m north east of Hill Barn
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 200m east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 50m north east of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
9.9 km
East Kennett long barrow, 600m south of East Kennett church
10 km
Bowl barrow 120m west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery
10 km
Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow

Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrow

AveburyArchaeological site · ~4.9 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~5.7 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~5.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~6.3 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~10.9 miles
Domesday entry for Uffcott, Wiltshire →
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