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Ashbury in the region of England is a town in United Kingdom - some 64 mi or ( 103 km ) West of London , the country's capital city .
Current time in Ashbury is now 06:28 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wolverhampton, Southampton, Sevenhampton, Oxford, and Mildenhall. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Wolverhampton . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Ashbury ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Avebury Stone Voices
Images are from the Avebury Stone Circle in England. Music is an excerpt from my composition "The Handless Maiden". I sent this out for my winter solstice greeting in 2006. ..
Free Party Hinton Parva
Free Party Hinton Parva Bank holiday ..
Uffington White Horse, Uffington, Oxfordshire, England
The Uffington White Horse is a 110 meter-long Bronze Age (~4500 year old) figure incised into the chalk hillside near a hilltop. It is visible in its entirety only from a distance or from the air. Som ..
Ivan's micro light flight
Ivan's micro light flight, Redlands Airfield, Wiltshire 25th April 2011 ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Wayland's Smithy
Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb site located near the Uffington White Horse and Uffington Castle, at Ashbury in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is situated very near to The Ridgeway, an ancient road running along the Berkshire Downs. The later mound was 185 feet long and 43 feet wide at the south end. Its present appearance is the result of restoration following excavations undertaken by Stuart Piggott and Richard Atkinson in 1962-1963.
Located at 51.57 -1.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Hardwell Castle
Hardwell Castle or Hardwell Camp is classed as an Iron Age valley fort, although, like nearby Cherbury Camp, it is not clearly in a strategic or easily defended position. It lies halfway down the scarp slope of the White Horse Hills and is tucked away in a curve, invisible from most angles. This particular positioning suggests its builders had a specialist purpose in mind, although exactly what that may have been remains a mystery. It is 'multi-vallate', like Cherbury Camp.
Located at 51.58 -1.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Alfred's Castle
Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort, situated at grid reference SU277822, behind Ashdown Park in the civil parish of Ashbury in Oxfordshire. It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It has a large enclosure attached that shows as a cropmark. Excavation has shown this to be contemporary with the small enclosure, started in the 6th century BC.
Located at 51.54 -1.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Uffington Castle
Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age hill fort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the eastern end. A second entrance in the western end was apparently blocked up a few centuries after it was built. The original defensive ditch was V-shaped with a small box rampart in front and a larger one behind it. Timber posts stood on the ramparts.
Located at 51.57 -1.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Berkshire Downs
The Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Berkshire Downs were wholly within Berkshire until the 1974 reorganisation of local government boundaries divided them between the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The name "White Horse Downs" was proposed following the 1974 change in county boundaries, but has not been widely adopted.
Located at 51.58 -1.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
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