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Glyn Coy
Mar 3, 20196 min read
Long Knoll and Little Knoll, Kilmington
Long Knoll (grid reference ST794376) is just to the south of Maiden Bradley and has long been a visible milestone to me on the way down...
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Glyn Coy
Feb 27, 20192 min read
Whaddon and Semington - The Hidden War
When I started Hidden Wiltshire I wanted to find those places off the beaten track. But just recently, I have started to appreciate how...
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Glyn Coy
Feb 19, 20194 min read
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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Glyn Coy
Feb 8, 20192 min read
Cold Kitchen Hill, Bidcome Hill and Bushcombe Bottom, The Deverills
Right in the South West corner of Wiltshire you will find The Deverills, a string of villages between Warminster and Mere with the word...
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Glyn Coy
Jan 28, 20192 min read
Copehill Down, Salisbury Plain
By Paul Timlett. If you've ever driven (or ridden) along the B390 road between Shrewton and Chitterne, or the minor road between...
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Glyn Coy
Jan 26, 20192 min read
Langford Lakes, Steeple Langford
I've been meaning to write a post about Langford Lakes for a while. It is in the Wylye Valley, and is a flagship site for Wiltshire...
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Glyn Coy
Jan 24, 20192 min read
Knook Castle
Early in January when I was checking the Ordnance Survey maps for sites to visit in Wiltshire, I stumbled across an earthwork called...
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Glyn Coy
Jan 10, 20193 min read
RAF Zeals and the Dakota Memorial, Beech Clump
In my travels, I have discovered some great historical sites near the Stourhead estate. White Sheet Hill (Iron Age and Neolithic) and...
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Glyn Coy
Jan 9, 20191 min read
To do list
I have big plans to grow the content of the site quickly this year, and to do that I'm trying to work out how other followers can...
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Glyn Coy
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Seagry Spitfire Memorial
In September 2014 the village of Lower Seagry dedicated a memorial to two spitfire pilots who were killed nearby in 1941. Situated on a...
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Glyn Coy
Jan 1, 20192 min read
2018 in Review....and looking ahead to 2019
This site was born in 2017 out of a simple idea - find hidden places in Wiltshire, ones that are not so well known and visit them,...
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Glyn Coy
Dec 16, 20181 min read
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...
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Glyn Coy
Nov 23, 20182 min read
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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Glyn Coy
Oct 18, 20181 min read
Castle Hill, Mere
Castle Hill is something that I have seen many times over the years as I pass through Mere, or pass by on the busy A303. It is a very...
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Glyn Coy
Oct 18, 20182 min read
Fovant Badges and Chiselbury Camp
Chiselbury Camp is another fine example of an Iron Age hill fort sitting on top of a chalk hill in Wiltshire. Although less well...
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Glyn Coy
Oct 18, 20181 min read
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...
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Glyn Coy
Oct 18, 20182 min read
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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Glyn Coy
Oct 17, 20182 min read
White Sheet Hill, Mere
White Sheet Hill is another fine example of elevated chalk grassland which has evidence of ancient history at its summit. While I have...
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Glyn Coy
Oct 14, 20182 min read
Park Hill Camp, Stourton
If you have been following this site for a while you will know that I cover a lot of Iron Age sites in Wiltshire. Whilst I was visiting...
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