1. The Start - Westbury White Horse Ring Traditional Geocache
1. The Start - Westbury White Horse Ring
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A ring of approx 2.5 miles around Westbury White Horse. N.B. Cache allowed live by English Heritage. If you want a longer walk after this cache join the Bratton Ring anticlockwise and do a figure of 8. A walk of about 5 miles.
This is the site of the battle of Ethandun in 878AD. It is also the location of the Westbury White Horse and the Bratton Iron Age Hillfort. There are excellent views and space to picnic and for children to play.
The views from this location are excellent. This is the home of the Westbury White Horse which is the oldest of Wiltshire White Horses and the original White Horse is thought to have been cut to celebrate King Alfred the Great's victory over the Viking army in May 878AD.
This is also the home of the Bratton Hill Fort, a large hill fort with good banks and defences. The Hill Fort is about 2000 years old and surrounds an older Neolithic Burial Mound. More information about the White Horse can be found here
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