Roundway Down and Covert

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 / 51.38045; -2.00139
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 / 51.38045; -2.00139
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.