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Clearbury Ring encloses an area of approximately 2 hectares (4.9 acres); the rampart is well preserved and consisted of a single bank with a ditch outside it. The fort had a single entrance on the north-west side, consisting simply of a 10-metre (33 ft) wide gap with a causeway across the ditch.
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Traces of a quarry are evident within the fort's interior. The fort is overgrown with tree cover. In 1632, Clearbury Ring was recorded as
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parish, and a slight scarp runs across the interior of the fort, marking the parish boundary.
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in south-west England, approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) due south of
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The fort occupies a prominent hilltop overlooking the valley of the
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Salisbury & Stonehenge Wilton & Market Lavington
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Index


univallate
Iron Age
hillfort
Downton
Wiltshire
Salisbury
scheduled monument
Odstock
River Avon
above mean sea level
Clearbury Down
Site of Special Scientific Interest
paleolithic

lynchet
ISBN
978-0-319-24092-2
OCLC
652059271
Historic England
"Clearbury Ring (1005691)"
National Heritage List for England




Historic England
"Clearbury Ring (217879)"
"MAgiC map: designations"

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