Whitesheet Hill

United Kingdom / England / Gillingham /
 hillfort, barrow/tumulus/burial mound

Whitesheet Hill is a 136.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1965.
The hill is also the site of a neolithic causeway camp and barrows, and an Iron Age hill fort. The Roman road which runs along the hill was at one time the main route through the Selwood Forest. The hill is part of the Stourhead estate and has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1946.
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Coordinates:   51°6'46"N   2°16'44"W
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