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63:
43:
34:
27:
22:
16:
1715:Hanbury Hill
1710:Gadbury Bank
1695:British Camp
1649:Sidbury Hill
1624:Membury Camp
1614:Knook Castle
1604:Fosbury Camp
1574:Castle Rings
1347:Old Oswestry
1337:Coxall Knoll
1312:Bury Ditches
1307:Bayston Hill
1250:Castle Knowe
1224:Borough Hill
1177:Holkham Camp
1114:Oldbury Camp
1109:Bigbury Camp
1088:Arbury Banks
1067:Sutton Walls
1047:Dinedor Camp
1042:Croft Ambrey
1032:British Camp
1027:Brandon Camp
991:Tidbury Ring
981:Quarley Hill
921:Dunwood Camp
802:Mount Caburn
726:Dungeon Hill
701:Banbury Hill
649:Carrock Fell
623:Treryn Dinas
568:Kelly Rounds
558:Dodman Point
404:Clifton Camp
388:Walbury Camp
378:Membury Camp
363:Bussock Camp
362:
347:Maiden Bower
335:Bedfordshire
293:
268:
256:
244:
191:
181:
178:Bussock Hill
177:
175:
163:Bussock Wood
162:
158:
156:
140:Bussock Camp
139:
138:
133:Private Land
19:Bussock Camp
15:
1690:Bredon Hill
1685:Berry Mound
1523:Castle Hill
1502:The Trundle
1465:West Sussex
1425:Castle Ring
1332:Caus Castle
1269:Oxfordshire
1182:Warham Camp
1140:Warton Crag
1130:Castercliff
1072:Wapley Hill
1062:Poston Camp
1037:Capler Camp
936:Gorley Hill
906:Castle Hill
844:Cleeve Hill
823:Danish Camp
790:East Sussex
781:Woolsbarrow
766:Pilsdon Pen
654:Castle Crag
588:Maen Castle
573:Kelsey Head
553:Chûn Castle
548:Castle Goff
543:Castle Dore
523:Cadson Bury
482:Helsby Hill
451:Stonea Camp
150:located in
99: /
75:Coordinates
1750:Categories
1584:Chiselbury
1415:Berth Hill
1410:Berry Ring
1352:The Wrekin
1342:Nordy Bank
1317:Bury Walls
1300:Shropshire
1123:Lancashire
956:Ladle Hill
951:Knoll Camp
663:Derbyshire
578:Lescudjack
518:Black Head
236:References
146:bivallate
125:Site notes
84:51°27′02″N
1761:Chieveley
1629:Old Sarum
1599:Cley Hill
1559:Bury Camp
1532:Wiltshire
1420:Bury Bank
1394:Wincobank
1389:Carl Wark
1198:Eston Nab
1135:Portfield
931:The Frith
896:Bury Hill
879:Hampshire
854:Uley Bury
608:The Rumps
603:Rame Head
528:Caer Bran
477:Eddisbury
356:Berkshire
203:Chieveley
152:Berkshire
87:1°19′40″W
69:Berkshire
1705:Drakelow
1579:Chisbury
1361:Somerset
1006:Woolbury
916:Danebury
746:Hod Hill
511:Cornwall
465:Cheshire
209:See also
198:SU467724
188:Location
148:hillfort
144:Iron Age
120:Iron Age
65:Location
1165:Norfolk
675:Mam Tor
670:Fin Cop
642:Cumbria
497:Oakmere
472:Bradley
397:Bristol
117:Periods
112:History
1439:Surrey
684:Dorset
811:Essex
1102:Kent
180:and
1752::
320:e
313:t
306:v
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