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Chiselbury Camp is a hillfort located in Wiltshire that comprises an Iron Age fort with later cross dykes and the remains of a turnpike toll house. The fort itself represents a significant defensive settlement from the Iron Age period, utilising natural topography and constructed earthworks to enclose and protect its inhabitants. The addition of cross dykes to the landscape reflects later modifications to the site, possibly relating to medieval or post-medieval land division and management. The presence of a turnpike toll house indicates the site's later significance in the early modern period as a location along a major road network, demonstrating the longstanding importance of this location for communication and commerce across different historical periods.
Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020262. View the official record →
Chiselbury Camp is a hillfort located in Wiltshire that comprises an Iron Age fort with later cross dykes and the remains of a turnpike toll house. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020262.
Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house 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 1020262.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 290m north east of the junction of Bokerley Dyke and a linear earthwork on Martin Down (9.6 km), Long barrows and group of round barrows on Bokerly Down (9.6 km), Three associated linear earthworks on Martin Down (10.5 km).
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