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BARBURY, a hill at the northern extremity of Marlborough downs, 5 miles S of Swindon, Wilts. It is a culminating height of the county, amid wild lonely downs; and commands an extensive view. A long and obstinate battle was fought on it, in 556, between the Saxons under Cynric and the Britons; which led to the annexation of Wilts to Essex. A well-preserved British camp is on it, called Barbury Castle, about 2,000 feet in diameter, with double ditch and rampart.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hill" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
| Administrative units: | Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Barbury |
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