Global InformationRoundway Down and Covert information
| Roundway Down and Covert | |
|---|---|
 Roundway Down | |
| Type | Hillfort and battle ground |
| Location | Wiltshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°22′50″N 2°00′05″W / 51.38045°N 2.00139°W |
| Area | 86 hectares (210 acres) |
| Built | c. 800 BC - 450 BC |
Scheduled monument | |
| Official name | Oliver's Camp and two round barrows outside Oliver's Camp |
| Designated | 10 November 1964 |
| Reference no. | 1005709 |
Registered battlefield | |
| Official name | Battle of Roundway Down 1643 |
| Designated | 05 Jun 1995 |
| Reference no. | 1000030 |
| Roundway Down and Covert | |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
  Location within Wiltshire | |
| Location | Wiltshire |
| Grid reference | ST9990364655 |
| Coordinates | 51°22′50″N 2°00′05″W / 51.38045°N 2.00139°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 86-hectare (212.5-acre) |
| Notification | 1971 |
| Natural England website | |
Roundway Down and Covert (grid reference SU000646) is an area of sloping chalk grassland close to the hamlet of Roundway, near Devizes in Wiltshire, England. It is part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the summit of the slope are ancient earthworks, evidence of a Bronze Age human settlement and Iron Age hillfort.
During the Civil War, the Battle of Roundway Down was fought here in 1643, and today the hillfort is known locally as "Oliver's Castle" or "Oliver's Camp".[1]
In 1971 the 86-hectare (210-acre) site was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- ^ Historic England. "Oliver's Camp and two round barrows (1005709)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 October 2017.