Old Sarum

Old Sarum is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, England, with evidence of human habitation as early as 300 BC. It sits on a hill about two miles (3km) north of modern Salisbury on the west side of the road that leads to Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain.

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Old Sarum was initially a hill fort strategically situated on the conjunction of two trade routes and the River Avon, Hampshire. The hill fort is broadly oval in shape and measures ≈1300 feet (405m) in length and ≈1200 feet (360m) in width, consisting of a single circuit of bank and ditch with an entrance in the eastern end.

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Among the earliest records, Old Sarum is described as a city of the Belgae, and its historical details have proved a boon for the researches of topographical illustrators.

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Stonehenge: Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salisbury. It is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones, known as megaliths. There is some debate about the age of th...

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