Bincknoll Castle

Also known as:
Bincknoll Camp
Nearest town:
Swindon (6km NE)
OS reference:
SU107793
OS sheet:
173
Latitude:
51° 30' 43.17 N
Longitude:
1° 50' 44.86 W
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Images

Image of Bincknoll Castle (Hillfort) by A R Cane

Looking South over the fort from the remains of the Norman motte with the beautiful Quidhampton Woods to the left.

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Apr 2, 2018
Image of Bincknoll Castle (Hillfort) by A R Cane

The view down the Eastern Valley with some of the Southern earthworks in the foreground.

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Apr 2, 2018
Image of Bincknoll Castle (Hillfort) by A R Cane

All that remains of the slightly quarried Norman motte at the end of the promontory.

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Apr 2, 2018
Image of Bincknoll Castle (Hillfort) by A R Cane

An unspecified rectangular earthwork just inside the most Southerly rampart.

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Apr 2, 2018
Image of Bincknoll Castle (Hillfort) by A R Cane

Panoramic view of Bincknoll (’bye noll’) Castle from the East.

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Oct 8, 2007

Articles

Bincknoll Castle

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tjj Jun 30, 2011

My first visit to Bincknoll Castle – today as the culmination of a nine mile walk taken from a leaflet poduced by North West Downs AONB. The second half of the walk was from Clyffe Pypard to Broadtown, along to the lesser known Broad Town White Horse then following the bottom of an escarpment to the track leading up to Bincknoll Castle. Once up there, the distant sprawl of Swindon and constant flow of the M4 motorway became hidden behind trees, before me lay the Marlborough Downs and Ridgeway.

Note:
Apparently the Normans adapted the Bincknoll hillfort as a motte and bailey castle but all trace of this has disappeared.

Bincknoll Castle

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TMA Ed Oct 8, 2007

This seldom visited and moderately small Iron Age fort sits on the end of a promentary on the escarpment beneath the Ridgeway to the South and overlooking the plains around Swindon to the North. The nearest village is Wroughton about 3 miles East and the more famous Barbury Castle hill fort is about 3.5 miles away to the South-East. It can be reached by taking the A4361 South (Swindon to Avebury) then taking the turning to the right after passing the entrance to the Science Museum at Wroughton Airfield (on your left). There are limited places to park near Quidhampton Wood but it’s only about a miles walk through fantastic beech woods till you come out at this amazing site with steep valleys on both sides and staggering views all around. Touchingly romantic and you only have to share it with a few cows.

[From a comment posted by A R Cane]

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