Barbury Castle

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Barbury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort in Wiltshire, England, known for its impressive earthworks and prominent position along the ancient Ridgeway route.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Barbury Castle canonical 2
Barbury Castle Country Park 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age hillfort
scheduled monument
associatedWith The Ridgeway long-distance path
country United Kingdom
elevation approximately 268 metres above sea level
gridReference SU 156 762
hasAmenity car park
waymarked trails
hasDefensiveSystem double rampart and ditch on most sides
single rampart on some sides
hasFeature defensive ramparts
ditches
multivallate earthworks
hasPublicAccess yes
hasShape roughly oval
hasViewOf Cotswolds (distant)
linked to: Cotswolds
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument
heritageDesignationAuthority Historic England
locatedIn England
United Kingdom
Wiltshire
locatedOn Marlborough Downs
managedBy Wiltshire Council
near Ogbourne St George
Swindon
Wroughton
onRoute The Ridgeway National Trail
openToPublic yes
overlooks Marlborough Downs
Swindon area
partOf Barbury Castle Country Park
linked to: Barbury Castle

North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
linked to: North Wessex Downs
period Iron Age
region South West England
linked to: southwest England
terrain chalk downland
usedDuring Iron Age
Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity

Saxon period
usedFor control of routeways
defence
settlement

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Ridgeway notableNearbySite Barbury Castle
Wroughton hasNearbyLandmark Barbury Castle
Barbury Castle partOf Barbury Castle Country Park
linked to: Barbury Castle