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Bury Hill Camp
Hob Uid: 216720
Location : Wiltshire Purton
Grid Ref : SU0575090100
Summary : A univallate hillfort known as Bury Hill Camp, located 600 metres east of Bridge Farm. It is situated on the southern tip of a clay ridge with commanding views over the clay vale to the south. The enclosed area is ovoid and is defined by a bank up to 0.7 metres high and 5 metres wide, surrounded by a ditch up to 1 metre deep and 5 metres wide. There is an entrance to the north west. The monument is 180 metres long on the north-south axis and 135 metres from east to west. Scheduled.
More information : (SU 05759010) Bury Hill (NAT) Camp (NR) (1) A univallate hill-fort on Bury Hill of six and a half acres, reduced by ploughing but under grass in 1949. (2) A very denuded hillfort, mostly visible simple as a ditch though traces of the inner bank are visible in places. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (3) SU 057 901. Bury Hill, Purton, Wilts. Listed in gazetteer as a univallate hillfort covering 2.6ha. (4) The following feature was mapped from good quality air photographs:- Probable Iron Age hillfort, seen as cropmarks and earthworks. Morphological description: an asymmetric, curvilinear enclosure, 180m by 135m, defined by 1 ditch and 1 bank. Centred at:-SU 0575 9010 (Morph No. TG.67.1.1) This description has been generated from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (5)

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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : TG.67.1
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU09SE200
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : WI 326
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28996
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 09 SE 1
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1970-01-05
End Date : 1970-01-05

Bury Hill Camp