Figsbury Ring
Figsbury Ring crowns a chalk ridge a few miles from Salisbury in Wiltshire. Long thought an Iron Age hillfort, finds of Neolithic pottery suggest its sub-circular earthworks may have begun far earlier, perhaps as a causewayed enclosure or henge. Today it is open grassland rich in chalk flowers and butterflies, a quiet Site of Special Scientific Interest with long views across the surrounding downs.
- Ancient ringed earthworks
- Chalk grassland and butterflies
- Wide views to Salisbury
Best for a breezy ridge walk over deep prehistory and wildflower turf.
Things to see at Figsbury Ring
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- Concentric bank and ditch earthworks
- Chalk ridge panorama
- The inner enclosure on foot
- Views towards Salisbury Cathedral