Oldbury Camp hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke on Cherhill Down

United Kingdom / England / Calne /
 earthwork (archaeology), scheduled ancient monument
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This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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The monument includes a multivallate hillfort, bowl barrow and cross dyke, located on Cherhill Down, a promontory of the Marlborough Downs overlooking the Lower Chalk to the north west. The monument was originally constructed in the Bronze Age in the form of a hill top enclosure consisting of a bank and ditch which surrounded an area of 6ha. This was enlarged in the Iron Age to form a hillfort.
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Coordinates:   51°25'21"N   1°55'49"W
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