While driving out of Warminster towards Salisbury there are some hills on the left side of the road. One of them has a prominent barrow on the summit with a mysterious pole sticking out of the top of it. This was enough to pique my interest for a visit, but a little research identified this as a prime candidate for Hidden Wiltshire. This is Scratchbury Camp, an iron age hillfort on the edge of Salisbury plain which is archaeologically significant. As you walk up it you will e

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

I had mixed feelings when I looked into visiting this site, as it looked like a tiny slither of land with no footpath access which had been turned over to grazing. I had an awful feeling that this might be a location I would find nothing of interest to write about or photograph. Thankfully, I was wrong. Very wrong. Firstly, I was surprised to find that the parking area at the entrance was right next to an army base, where there were multiple soldiers milling around carrying a