I could see Battlesbury Camp when I walked up Scratchbury Camp a few weeks earlier. Another Iron Age hill fort in the hills above Warminster, the ramparts are clearly visible from above and at ground level. A mere 15 minutes walk from Scratchbury, these separate communities must have interacted but we don't know for sure what drove these ancient people to build these fortified structures all over the UK. The Camp dates back to the first millenium BC, and there has been extens

A long time ago, the Devil heard that Devizes had converted to Christianity so he filled up a sack of earth from Somerset and set off to find the town, with the intention of burying it. Along the way he met an old man and asked him how far it was to Devizes. The old man recognised the Devil and told him he had been trying to find it since he was a young man, which discouraged Satan so much that he dumped the sack of earth where he stood. Devizes was saved, and Cley Hill was b