Sidbury Camp, Iron Age hillfort in Tidworth, England
Sidbury Camp is an Iron Age fort on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, protected on three sides by double ramparts and ditches that form a triangular shape. The entire site covers roughly 17 acres of earthwork fortifications that remain visible across the chalk downland.
The fort was built in the Iron Age on a location previously occupied during the Neolithic period, when people first established a settlement here. Excavations during the 1950s uncovered pottery and flint tools from this earlier occupation.
The defensive structure represents the engineering capabilities of Iron Age communities through its strategic positioning and earthwork construction methods.
The site is best explored on foot, where you can walk among the earthworks and experience the scale of the fortifications from different vantage points. Since the area lies near military training grounds, it is important to stay within permitted boundaries and respect any local restrictions.
In 2002, trees that had been planted in the 1960s were removed to restore the site to its original chalk downland appearance. This restoration work revealed the ancient earthworks more clearly and made it easier to understand the structure of the original fortifications.
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