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Salisbury Plain, undulating tract, Wilts, extending W. from E. border of co. to Westbury and Warminster, and from the Vale of Pewsey 10 miles S. to vicinity of Salisbury; has an average height of 400 ft., and rises to a height of 775 ft. on Westbury Down. The Druidical circle of Stonehenge is in the plain, 6 miles N. of Salisbury.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "undulating tract" (ADL Feature Type: "locations") |
Administrative units: | Wiltshire AncC |
Place: | Salisbury Plain |
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