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Bury Hill, is the site of a former Iron Age hillfort to the Soutwest of Andover. The site encloses approximately 22 acres. There are evident two stages to the construction of the fort, the first is a low single rampart and ditch, to the north and west of the second, stronger double rampart and ditch earthworks, part of which overlies the earlier work. The banks and the ditch are apparently in good condition, although fairly heavily wooded. A footpath encircles the hill fort on the inner rampart, accesible from the Northeast and Southwest. The centre is left to grass and very secluded, but is not accessible to the general public. The site was used well into the Roman period and was also used as a camp by King Canute in 1016, when he fought Edmund Ironside in the Battle of Andover.[1][2]
The site is to the Southeast of the Town of Andover, within the county of Hampshire. To the North lies the Hillpill Brook, and to the West lies the River Anton and the small village of Upper Clatford. The land to the South is open farmland. The hill has a summit of 100m AOD.
51°11′24″N 1°30′25″W / 51.190015°N 1.506822°W / 51.190015; -1.506822
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