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The site is a scheduled national monument number WI162. The fort sits atop
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68:Alternative name
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428:Desborough Castle
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1040:Dinedor Camp
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1020:Brandon Camp
984:Tidbury Ring
974:Quarley Hill
914:Dunwood Camp
795:Mount Caburn
719:Dungeon Hill
694:Banbury Hill
642:Carrock Fell
616:Treryn Dinas
561:Kelly Rounds
551:Dodman Point
397:Clifton Camp
381:Walbury Camp
371:Membury Camp
356:Bussock Camp
340:Maiden Bower
328:Bedfordshire
286:
246:. Retrieved
237:
223:Oakhill Wood
222:
195:
186:Haydown Hill
185:
182:Oakhill Wood
181:
177:
175:
159:Fosbury Camp
158:
157:
22:Fosbury Camp
18:
1683:Bredon Hill
1678:Berry Mound
1516:Castle Hill
1495:The Trundle
1458:West Sussex
1418:Castle Ring
1325:Caus Castle
1262:Oxfordshire
1175:Warham Camp
1133:Warton Crag
1123:Castercliff
1065:Wapley Hill
1055:Poston Camp
1030:Capler Camp
929:Gorley Hill
899:Castle Hill
837:Cleeve Hill
816:Danish Camp
783:East Sussex
774:Woolsbarrow
759:Pilsdon Pen
647:Castle Crag
581:Maen Castle
566:Kelsey Head
546:Chûn Castle
541:Castle Goff
536:Castle Dore
516:Cadson Bury
475:Helsby Hill
444:Stonea Camp
248:12 February
215:Marlborough
178:Knolls Down
169:located in
110: /
86:Coordinates
1743:Categories
1577:Chiselbury
1408:Berth Hill
1403:Berry Ring
1345:The Wrekin
1335:Nordy Bank
1310:Bury Walls
1293:Shropshire
1116:Lancashire
949:Ladle Hill
944:Knoll Camp
656:Derbyshire
571:Lescudjack
511:Black Head
229:References
219:Hungerford
165:bivallate
144:Site notes
95:51°18′24″N
1622:Old Sarum
1592:Cley Hill
1552:Bury Camp
1525:Wiltshire
1413:Bury Bank
1387:Wincobank
1382:Carl Wark
1191:Eston Nab
1128:Portfield
924:The Frith
889:Bury Hill
872:Hampshire
847:Uley Bury
601:The Rumps
596:Rame Head
521:Caer Bran
470:Eddisbury
349:Berkshire
211:Wiltshire
171:Wiltshire
98:1°32′38″W
80:Wiltshire
1698:Drakelow
1572:Chisbury
1354:Somerset
999:Woolbury
909:Danebury
739:Hod Hill
504:Cornwall
458:Cheshire
261:See also
202:SU319565
192:Location
167:hillfort
163:Iron Age
139:Iron Age
76:Location
1158:Norfolk
668:Mam Tor
663:Fin Cop
635:Cumbria
490:Oakmere
465:Bradley
390:Bristol
207:Fosbury
136:Periods
131:History
1432:Surrey
677:Dorset
804:Essex
1095:Kent
250:2011
217:and
123:Area
209:in
152:yes
1745::
225:.
313:e
306:t
299:v
252:.
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