Roundway Hill sits at the far western end of the Marlborough Downs, enjoying views far across the Bristol Avon Vale, the Vale of Pewsey, and the edge of Salisbury Plain.On its summit is Oliver’s Castle - an Iron Age hillfort named after Oliver Cromwell following a civil war battle fought nearby in 1643 (a Royalist cavalry unit crushed the Parliamentary army which was besieging the Royalist stronghold of Devizes just down the road).
Roundway Hill sits at the far western end of the Marlborough Downs, enjoying views far across the Bristol Avon Vale, the Vale of Pewsey, and the edge of Salisbury Plain.On its summit is Oliver’s Castle - an Iron Age hillfort named after Oliver Cromwell following a civil war battle fought nearby in 1643 (a Royalist cavalry unit crushed the Parliamentary army which was besieging the Royalist stronghold of Devizes just down the road).
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