Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOLMBURY HILL

HOLMBURY HILL, a hill in the S of Surrey; 1½ mile N of Ewhurst, and 8 SE of Guildford. It overlooks the great wood of Holmsdale; and has an irregular, double-ditched, ancient camp of nearly 9 acres.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hill"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Surrey AncC
Place: Holmbury

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