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Chisbury

Chisbury- the 10th burh to be cited in the Burghal Hidage

Kingdom Type of Burh No. of Hides O.S. Grid Ref
Wessex Burghal Fort 700 SU27916598

 

O.S. Map 1:50,000 – licence: Anquet Maps
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Aerial Photograph – licence: Memory Map

Burhs in order of citation

1 Eorpeburnan 2 Hastings 3 Lewes 4 Burpham 5 Chichester 6 Portchester 7 Southampton 8 Winchester 9 Wilton 10 Chisbury 11 Shaftesbury 12 Christchurch 13 Wareham 14 Bridport 15 Exeter 16 Halwell 17 Lydford
18 Pilton 19 Watchet 20 Axbridge 21 Lyng 22 Langport 23 Bath 24 Malmesbury 25 Cricklade 26 Oxford 27 Wallingford 28 Buckingham 29 Sashes 30 Eashing 31 Southwark 32 Worcester 33 Warwick

Chisbury reuses the site of an Iron Age hillfort. The majority of the defences survive except to the east where they have been disturbed by the manor house.

Jeremy Haslam has suggested that some of the small forts listed in the Burghal Hidage may have been temporary structures that were replaced by larger sites (see here). Haslam suggests that Chisbury was replaced probably by Marlborough.

3d Model – licence: Memory Map

The Burghal Defences
image: David Beard

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