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    Ranscombe Bottom
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ranscombe Bottom

    Having already explored Oldbury Camp and the area around the Lansdowne monument on Cherhill Down, I wanted to take a look at Ranscombe Bo...
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    Wansdyke and the Kennet and Avon Canal
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 8 min

    Wansdyke and the Kennet and Avon Canal

    By Paul Timlett If I had to choose my favourite part of Wiltshire, the Vale of Pewsey and its downs would be a serious contender. Its anc...
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    Furze Knoll
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    Furze Knoll

    Furze Knoll is an enigma to me. It is such a unique, prominent wooded knoll, but it does not seem to have anything of historical signific...
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    Swallowhead Springs
    hiddenwiltshire
    • May 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Swallowhead Springs

    Swallowhead Springs is a bit of a mystery to me. I have heard whispers of a spring near Silbury Hill from many different people over the ...
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    The Old Slow Coach Road
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Nov 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Old Slow Coach Road

    By Steve Dewey Because I have a brother in Westbury, and I used to live in Marlborough, one of the interesting ways back and forth betwee...
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    Black Heath - Salisbury Plain
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Sep 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    Black Heath - Salisbury Plain

    By Steve Dewey I grew up in Warminster, on the edge of SPTA West, and then moved away for a long while. Because access to SPTA West is mo...
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    A Walk around Collingbourne Wood, Ludgershall
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jul 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Walk around Collingbourne Wood, Ludgershall

    It was while I was planning a visit to Ludgershall Castle that I noticed Collingbourne Wood. On the Ordnance Survey map I could clearly s...
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    Ludgershall Castle
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jun 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Ludgershall Castle

    Ludgershall is a small town about 16 miles North of Salisbury, close to the border with Hampshire and not too far from Andover. It is a p...
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    RAF Ramsbury Memorials
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jun 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    RAF Ramsbury Memorials

    I wrote about RAF Ramsbury earlier in the year, and touched on the part it played in World War Two. Today the site has been returned to a...
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    Knap Hill, Medieval Shaw, Huish and Oare in the Pewsey Downs
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Mar 24, 2019
    • 10 min

    Knap Hill, Medieval Shaw, Huish and Oare in the Pewsey Downs

    By Paul Timlett. UPDATED 22 December 2020. Today I revisited parts of this walk and realised that I made a major mistake when writing the...
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    Milk Hill, Tan Hill and Cliffords Hill - Pewsey Downs
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Feb 19, 2019
    • 4 min

    Milk Hill, Tan Hill and Cliffords Hill - Pewsey Downs

    By Paul Timlett A couple of months ago I volunteered to shoot photographs and write a blog for Hidden Wiltshire about three of the hills ...
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    Beckhampton - gateway to the Neolithic
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Dec 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Beckhampton - gateway to the Neolithic

    Beckhampton isn't really hidden, because many of us drive through it regularly as it stands on the A4, a thoroughfare that has been a bus...
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    Martinsell Hill, Oare
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Nov 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    Martinsell Hill, Oare

    Martinsell Hill first came to my attention in November 2018, when a fabulous picture of a dusk sky from the top was posted on twitter by...
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    Oldbury Castle, Cherhill
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Oct 18, 2018
    • 1 min

    Oldbury Castle, Cherhill

    Cherhill Down has featured quite a bit in some of my other posts, not least the one about the Cherhill White Horse that sits upon its slo...
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    Windmill Hill, Avebury
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Oct 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    Windmill Hill, Avebury

    I stumbled across Windmill Hill while visiting the not so hidden Wiltshire site of West Kennet Long Barrow. On the sign at the entrance, ...
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    The Devil's Den and Fyfield Down
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Aug 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Devil's Den and Fyfield Down

    The Devil's Den is a bit of a curiosity. It is hard to find and involves hiking through fields with an ordnance survey map, as it is on p...
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    Roman Road - Morgan's Hill to Beckhampton
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jul 29, 2018
    • 1 min

    Roman Road - Morgan's Hill to Beckhampton

    Wiltshire has a few Roman Roads which can still be walked on, but I discovered this one while visiting Morgan's Hill in 2017. The map cle...
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    Milk Hill and the Pewsey Downs
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jul 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    Milk Hill and the Pewsey Downs

    Milk Hill is the highest point in Wiltshire and is part of the Pewsey Downs, a rolling set of chalk grassland hills between Devizes and P...
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    Hackpen Hill, Barbury Castle and The Ridgeway
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Jul 9, 2018
    • 3 min

    Hackpen Hill, Barbury Castle and The Ridgeway

    Hackpen Hill can be seen on the right as you drive north from Avebury towards Swindon. I have often glimpsed across to see the spindly Wh...
    983 views0 comments
    River Avon, Chisenbury
    hiddenwiltshire
    • Mar 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    River Avon, Chisenbury

    Early in 2018, I was asked to film some work done on the River Avon near the Chisenbury tank crossing just south of Upavon. This was carr...
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