Fodor's Expert Review Old Sarum

Salisbury Ruins

Massive earthwork ramparts on a bare sweep of Wiltshire countryside are all that remain of this impressive Iron Age hill fort, which was successively taken over by Romans, Saxons, and Normans (you can still see the ruins of a castle built by William the Conqueror in 1070 within the earthworks). The site was still fortified in Tudor times, though the population had mostly decamped in the 13th century to New Sarum, or Salisbury. Clamber over the huge banks to take in the far-reaching views to Salisbury Cathedral.

Ruins

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Castle Rd.
Salisbury, Wiltshire  SP1 3SD, England

01722-335398

www.english-heritage.org.uk

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