Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Yarnbury Castle

Yarnbury Castle, ancient camp, on eminence in Salisbury Plain, Wilts, 7 miles NW. of Wilton; occupies 28 ac., is 1716 yards in circuit, has 6 entrances, and a rampart 52 ft. high. A fair is held here in October.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "ancient camp"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Wiltshire AncC
Place: Yarnbury

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