Bevisbury is the site of a former

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plateau fort in Hampshire, England. The fort lies on a chalk ridge and is of a single bank and ditch construction, enclosing an area of . The earthworks are now largely destroyed and overgrown, with the southern ramparts the best preserved. There are several pits that have been cut into and around the site which were probably quarries, and a private house lies within the north-east corner.http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/12559/bevisbury.html The Modern Antiquarian: Bevisbury The site was designated as a

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in 1951. The site lies to the east of the village of Chute, in Wiltshire, but itself lies just within the

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Tangley Tangley is a village in the English county of Hampshire. Tangley is situated north of the old market town of Andover and the village of Charlton, Hampshire. Tangley Parish covers an area of and has just under 600 residents in three villages, Ta ...

in the county of Hampshire. The site is bisected by a

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, now

Hungerford Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, west of Newbury, east of Marlborough, northeast of Salisbury and 60 miles (97 km) west of London. The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the town alongside the ...

Lane, which travels broadly north-west to south-east, and runs between

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

and Mildenhall (near

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). To the east lies the area of Well Bottom and Forty Acre Wood, and to the south-west is Cathanger Wood. The site lies at a height of 220m AOD.

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