Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ANSTIEBURY, or Hanstiebury

ANSTIEBURY, or Hanstiebury, an ancient circular camp with a double trench, in the eastern vicinity of Coldharbour, 4½ miles S of Dorking, in Surrey. It comprises 10 acres, and is nearly covered with trees and brushwood. Flint arrowheads and many Saxon coins have been found in its neighbourhood.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an ancient circular camp with a double trench"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Surrey AncC
Place names: ANSTIEBURY     |     ANSTIEBURY OR HANSTIEBURY     |     HANSTIEBURY

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