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Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.The hillfort is less than 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Stonehenge, and was built on a hill next to the Stonehenge Avenue; it has the River Avon on its southern side and the A303 road on its northern edge.
Blick Mead is a chalkland spring in Wiltshire, England, separated by the River Avon from the northwest edge of the town of Amesbury.It is close to an Iron Age hillfort known as Vespasian's Camp and about a mile east of the Stonehenge ancient monument.
Route 150 is a 3.67-mile-long (5.91 km) short south–north highway entirely in Amesbury, Massachusetts.It begins at Beacon Street and continues as NH 150.The highway is the main south-north thoroughfare in Amesbury, and serves as a southward continuation of NH 150, connecting Amesbury to the New Hampshire town of Kensington and ultimately, Exeter.
Amesbury (/ ˈ eɪ m z b ər i /) is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is known for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is within the parish. The town is claimed to be the oldest occupied settlement in Great Britain, having been first settled around 8820 BC. [ 2 ]
The Stour Valley Way is a 64-mile (103 km) long-distance footpath [1] in southern England.From Stourton, Wiltshire, the path travels southeast through Dorset to Hengistbury Head near Christchurch.
The 1086 Domesday Book did not record a church or priest at Amesbury. [2] The church stands close to the River Avon, on the western edge of the modern town. Around 300 metres to the north is the presumed site of the earlier priory and abbey.
Shrewton is a village and civil parish on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, around 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Amesbury and 14 miles (23 km) north of Salisbury. It lies on the A360 road between Stonehenge and Tilshead. It is close to the source of the River Till, which flows south to Stapleford. [2]
Amesbury Abbey is a Grade I listed mansion in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, built in the 1830s for Sir Edmund Antrobus to designs of Thomas Hopper. The house, which stands in Grade II* listed parkland, is now used as a care home. It takes its name from Amesbury Abbey, founded in about 979 on or near the same site.