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Chiselbury

From the Window on Wiltshire's Heritage website:
"Chiselbury is an Iron Age hill-fort on a prominent location above the village of Fovant
and looks down over a scarp on which the famous Fovant Badges have been set out.

"The hill-fort looks northwards from the distinct scarp edge location across the valley of the River Nadder.
To its south the high chalk plateau contains extensive remains of prehistoric settlements and field systems, presumably defended by this fortification in times of trouble.
The ridgeway track to the south of the camp, which runs the length of the chalk scarp, is likely to have formed an important route though the territory in prehistoric times.

"The entrance to the hill-fort is at the southeast, with a slight semi circular outwork intended to defend the entrance.
The rampart is high, rising to some 3.6 metres in places and the external ditch has a depth of 1.6 metres.

"On the north and south sides of the hill-fort, cross-dykes have been found which seem to have the purpose of preventing movement along the ridge.
These will be contemporary with the fortification."

New pictures are always posted at the bottom of this gallery... (currently on page 3).

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West rampart
West rampart		 Diameter
Diameter		 Hilltop
Hilltop
Descent
Descent		 Floating
Floating		 Ramparts
Ramparts
Late corn
Late corn		 Fire
Fire		 Grass
Grass
Face left
Face left		 The long climb...
The long climb...		 Moo view
Moo view
Goodnight
Goodnight		 God bless
God bless		 Assault and battery
Assault and battery
Glowing, glowing, gone...
Glowing, glowing, gone...		 Flocking
Flocking		 The view from the ridge (II)
The view from the ridge (II)
Puddle...
Puddle...		 Christmas decorations
Christmas decorations		 Bare trees
Bare trees
Entrance I
Entrance I		 Entrance II
Entrance II		 Emerging angel
Emerging angel
Philipps House
Philipps House		 Dem bones...
Dem bones...		 Three sentinels...
Three sentinels...
Here comes the rain again...
Here comes the rain again...		 Modern signage...
Modern signage...		 Lookout...
Lookout...
Big sky...
Big sky...		 Cracked from side to side25 January 2006 (131)
Cracked from side to side
25 January 2006 (131)		 Towards Buxbury Hill
Towards Buxbury Hill
Scrub this...
Scrub this...		 Flanking the ridgeway
Flanking the ridgeway		 Not a drum was heard...6 March 2006 (171)
Not a drum was heard...
6 March 2006 (171)
The gate...
The gate...		 You will go far.7 March 2006 (172)
You will go far.
7 March 2006 (172)		 Shortcut...
Shortcut...
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Johnny JAG07-Mar-2006 21:39
Cool place, great history and beauty.
lou_rozensteins15-Nov-2005 09:01
An excellent series of shots .... it looks like a beautiful place to be and explore! Very nice.
...duncan13-Nov-2005 19:25
What a great gallery. Each image is wonderful and beautiful. A person can get lost in these images. Well done and voted!.
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