Castles and forts in Swindon
The Discover Alone map has 10 castles and forts in Swindon, England. Below are the 10 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Three bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury CastleScheduled monumentThree bowl barrows stand west of Barbury Castle in Swindon, preserved as a scheduled monument. They are not a quirky…
Liddington CastleScheduled monumentLiddington Castle is a Bronze Age hillfort on a Wiltshire ridge where chalk ramparts still trap the breath of people…
Barbury CastleArchaeological placeBarbury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on Barbury Hill, built around 500 BC. It has two deep ditches, high ramparts…- Two earthwork enclosures and a linear earthwork 625m north of Barbury CastleScheduled monumentTwo earthwork enclosures and a long linear ridge stand 625m north of Barbury Castle in Swindon, England. They are…
- Saucer barrow: part of a barrow cemetery west of Barbury CastleScheduled monumentSaucer barrow stands west of Barbury Castle as a scheduled monument, part of a larger cemetery where ancient hands…
- Linear boundary earthwork west of Liddington CastleScheduled monumentNo visible trace remains at the saved point, though the ground may still hide the buried line that marked a boundary…
- Hillfort and lynchets on Castle HillScheduled monumentCastle Hill in Swindon carries a hillfort and lynchets so old they predate written memory. Steep terrain, repeated rain…
- Earthwork enclosure and dewpond 490m north of Barbury CastleScheduled monumentFour hundred ninety metres north of Barbury Castle, a buried earthwork and dewpond wait beneath the soil. The enclosure…
- Barbury Castle: a hillfort and bowl barrowScheduled monumentBarbury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on the Ridgeway where two deep ditches still bite into the grass, marking a…
- NidumFortNidum is a fort in Swindon, England. Perhaps soldiers marched past its stones while ordinary people watched from a…