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Bury Hill is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wiltshire, England, representing an important defensive settlement of the Iron Age period. The site is characterized by its substantial earthwork defences, comprising steep slopes and ditched enclosures that would have provided considerable protection for its Iron Age inhabitants. The hillfort demonstrates the typical settlement hierarchy and territorial organization of Iron Age communities in southern Britain, reflecting patterns of habitation and resource control during this transformative period. Its location and construction methods align it with the widespread hillfort-building tradition that dominated the Wessex landscape during the later pre-Roman Iron Age.
Bury Hill hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018125. View the official record →
Bury Hill is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wiltshire, England, representing an important defensive settlement of the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018125.
Bury Hill hillfort 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 1018125.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork on Paven Hill (3.1 km), Moated site and surrounding earthwork enclosure, 100m south of Chelworth Farm (3.2 km), Ringsbury Camp hillfort (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bury Hill hillfort's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bury Hill hillfort stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.