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Woolbury
Woolbury, or Woolbury Ring, is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Hampshire. The site is described as a strong hilltop camp covering 20 acres, with a single bank and ditch, and has commanding views over the surrounding area. The bank and ditch are well preserved to the west, the bank being 9 ft. high and 16 ft. above the bottom of the ditch. The eastern side has been ploughed out, and the ditch only remains to the north and south. The entrance is on the west side, the interior is down to permanent pasture.〔https://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol09/page075.html Hampshire Treasures website〕 Only the southwest rampart (which includes the original entrance) is in National Trust ownership; the rest is private land.〔http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?x=438100&y=135300 The Megalithic Portal〕
The site is listed as a scheduled ancient monument no.52.
There are a number of other archaeological sites in the area, including for a Bronze Age Bowl Barrow mound of approximately 40.0m in diameter and 1.5m in height. Located at and recorded in an Anglo-Saxon charter as ''Heardulfe's Hlaewe'' or ''Heardulfe's Barrow''.〔〔Arch. J. Vol. 83, 1926, (Grundy), p.173.〕〔P.H.F.C., Vol. 14, 1938-40, (Grinsell), pp.31, 351〕 The area is now subject to ploughing. In addition, several other tumuli are to be found to the south of the hillfort.
==Location==
The site is located at , and to the east of the village of Stockbridge, in the county of Hampshire. Danebury hillfort lies close by to the West, over the River Test. The hill has a summit of 158m AOD.
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