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Casterley Camp
Hillfort
Casterley Camp (Hillfort) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 2 images, 1 piece of folklore, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.
Image © Sir Richard Colt Hoare Cir.1810
Nearest Town:
Devizes (14km WNW)
OS Ref (GB):
SU115535 /
Sheet: 184
Latitude:
51° 16' 47.9" N
Longitude:
1° 50' 6.36" W
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Manton Down (18.07km N) (16 posts)
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Tidcombe Long Barrow (18.09km ENE) (17 posts)
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Yatesbury Village Barrow (18.81km NW) (1 post)
Ebsbury Hill (18.87km SSW) (1 post)
Grovely Castle (18.9km SSW) (3 posts)
The Bloodstone (18.91km WSW) (3 posts)
Botley Copse (18.95km ENE) (1 post)
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East Castle (19.3km SSW) (4 posts)
Noland's Farm Barrow (19.35km NW) (1 post)
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Winterbourne Gunner Group (19.4km SE) (1 post)
Old Chapel (19.44km N) (2 posts)
Upton Great Barrow (19.48km SW) (3 posts)
Rough Hill Barrows (19.5km N) (1 post)
Rough Hill Row (19.58km N) (1 post)
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There was a belief that a gold chair was buried in the ramparts. Another old story says that Upavon village was originally sited at Casterley Camp.
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26th March 2003ce
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When this Iron Age hillfort was excavated four human burials and 14 red deer antlers were apparently found, which seems slightly unusual.
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