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Chisbury is a hamlet and prehistoric hill fort in the civil parish of Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. Chisbury is about Шаблон:Convert west of Hungerford and about Шаблон:Convert south-east of Marlborough.

History

At Шаблон:Convert above sea level, Chisbury hillfort is the highest point in Little Bedwyn parish[1] and encloses an area of about Шаблон:Convert.[2] Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age artefacts have been found in the area, but the hillfort was most probably built in the late Iron Age in the 1st century AD.[1] There may be a link with the 7th-century West Saxon nobleman Cissa.[3] The hillfort was re-used in the Anglo-Saxon times as a burh, cited as Cyssanbyrig in the Burghal Hidage document which lists the fortifications of Wessex in the later part of the 9th century, although Julian Orbach cautions that this may be a misreading for Tisbury.[4]

St. Martin's chapel, on the eastern edge of the hillfort, seems to have been built in the early part of the 13th century.[1] After the middle of the 16th century the building lapsed from use for worship and was turned into a barn.[1] It was re-roofed in the 19th century but in 1998 its condition was semi-ruinous.[1] The hillfort and chapel were designated as a scheduled ancient monument in 1925.[5]

Chisbury Manor farmhouse, also within the hillfort site, is a two-storey brick building from the mid 18th century.[6]

Knowle Farm, about Шаблон:Convert northwest of Chisbury, has a 14th-century chapel[1] which is now an outbuilding of the farmhouse.[1] A blocked ogee-headed north window and the surround of the east window are the only surviving features.[7] The farmhouse is a brick-built Georgian house of five bays dated 1735.[7]

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 Crowley, 1999, pages 50-69
  2. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 174
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  5. Шаблон:National Heritage List for England
  6. Шаблон:National Heritage List for England
  7. 7,0 7,1 Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 463