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Name: | Battlesbury Hill |
Hill number: | 18071 |
Height: | 208m / 682ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2895 Long Knoll |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Wiltshire |
Catchment: | Avon & Stour |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | ST 89889 45557 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 3m N of trig point |
Drop: | 39m |
Col: | 169m ST899464 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 184 (1:25k) 143 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 43 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Sack Hill. Yet another impressive hillfort. | clivevilla | 20/01/2023 |
Continuation from Middle Hill to what is another ancient fort. | Mark Sims | 08/09/2022 |
Parked near large military warehouse at top of sack hill. Walk around embankments to trig pillar. | cjo | 21/12/2021 |
From near the high point of Sack Hill. Path up through the main gate of the impressive fort. | Barbara Singer | 11/10/2021 |
From Sack Hill. Vast fortifications. | Campbell Singer | 11/10/2021 |
Parked at covered reservoir, nice easy walk and good views. | midlife_hiking | 18/08/2021 |
Parked at top of Tank Hill and followed bridleway onto downs, then paths/tracks over N side of Battlesbury hill fort- perhaps the most impressive in Wilts. Up to HP from NE, but noted at least 3 good paths to HP. There are far more paths up here than shown on OS maps and the access, here outside the range fence, is very good. Continued to Middle Hill and Scratchbury Hill- the mainly used path goes over the summits. Returned on the SW side of Middle Hill and Battlesbury Wood, slanting back up to the start up a good RoW where there were nationally scarce Large Scabious mining bees- an impressive insect amongst the flower-rich hills. One of the top Tumps walks. | pwheeler | 03/08/2021 |
Continuation of walk from Middle Hill, fine views, & a fine hill fort. | DanMaisieBex | 05/09/2020 |
Westbury - White Horse Hill - Cop Heap - Battlesbury Hill - Middle Hill - Scratchbury Hill - Southleigh Wood - Warminster. | Mark Jackson | 03/09/2020 |
As fosal29. | PGCE | 25/08/2020 |
From parking area to SE between Scrathbury hill & Middle hill. Pleasant walk taking in Scrathbury hill, Middle hill & Battlesbury Hill. | fosal29 | 08/03/2020 |
From the reservoir on Sack Hill Road. | David Bremner | 11/08/2019 |
through impressive earthworks to summit trig in snow and sun. | Denise | 02/02/2019 |
Path from Bishopstrow, excellent hill fort with fine ramparts. Crisp views under cloudless skies 15cm of snow on the ground. | RichardM | 02/02/2019 |
From the Tank along FP to trig. Good view. | PeterD | 06/08/2017 |
From the top of the road to the NW. Lovely profile of hill fort banks. | vegibagger | 01/08/2017 |
As Mariana Trench. | Herbert Anchovy | 29/04/2017 |
Parked by the tank at the top of Sack Hill, then walked up the footpath, through the gap in the rampants, and up to the trig point | Mariana Trench | 07/01/2017 |
2nd of 10 Tumps on a 26 miler walk / jog circuit from Warminster over 8 hours. Alarmingly I was barked and snarled at by off the lead dogs on both sides of this hill, whilst the owners struggled to call them off. Perhaps I could have summoned the rapid support of the armoured infantry of my fellow Yorkshiremen from the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment who are stationed at Battlesbury Barracks just below at the foot of the hill (on the edge of Salisbury Plain for training). Their website recounts the recent merges and renaming / rebadging of regiments to form a slimmer Army 2020. It also hosts poignant tributes to individual soldiers who have been killed in recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. | Chris Pearson | 30/07/2016 |
Parked near the tank and followed the easy path to the trig. It's in a very impressive hill fort. | Chris Peart | 23/01/2015 |
Plenty of parking to north at end of Sack Hill - by tank at garrison gates. 
Good track all way to summit (note - the track is to the west of the field boundary, not to the east as shown on OS maps). No access issues on hill fort with a path all way to summit trig. Good views | Hillsidenick | 10/11/2013 |
hill fort and trig. | Adrian | 04/02/2012 |
Parked on Sack Hill; footpath to Battlesbury Hill, then on to Middle and Scratchbury Hills. Return via Cotley Hill, Norton Bavant and Battlesbury Bridge for a circular walk. | jonglew | 27/07/2008 |
RHW | 27/02/2005 | |
Part of the Imber Range Path 30mls around the range not a good idea to do this walk at this time of year if you problems with hay fever | philhythe | 28/06/2000 |
Martin R | 23/10/2023 | |
SteveG | 20/08/2023 | |
holtsd | 08/06/2021 | |
Andy West | 23/06/2020 | |
Tony J | 05/06/2020 | |
brooks1066 | 05/06/2020 | |
jimbloomer | 01/02/2020 | |
Swindon Bagger | 19/01/2020 | |
Steve Q | 09/06/2018 | |
andrew brown | 28/01/2018 | |
salen | 27/08/2017 | |
Colin Crawford | 24/07/2017 | |
stevent0809 | 14/05/2017 | |
trimarc2 | 08/11/2016 | |
Dusty | 23/11/2014 | |
Jacqdaw | 10/11/2013 | |
David Purchase | 04/10/1997 | |
David Purchase | 04/09/1996 |