Solsbury Hill

Little Solsbury (Solsbury Hill)
Panoramic view on top of the hill
Location	Batheaston in Somerset, England
Coordinates	51°24′36″N 2°20′03″W / 51.41000°N 2.33417°W / 51.41000; -2.33417
Built	Iron Age
Governing body	National Trust
Scheduled monument
Official name	Slight univallate hillfort 190m north west of Westleigh
Designated	8 October 1956
Reference no.	1002481
Location of Little Solsbury (Solsbury Hill) in Somerset

Little Solsbury Hill (more recently known as Solsbury Hill, because of the popularity of the Peter Gabriel song) is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hill fort, above the village of Batheaston in Somerset, England. The hill rises to 625 feet (191 m) above the River Avon, which is just over 1 mile (2 km) to the south, and gives views of the city of Bath and the surrounding area. It is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The hill is one of several possible locations of the Battle of Badon and shows the remains of a medieval field system. Part of the hill was quarried in the 19th century. In 1930, it was acquired by the National Trust. The hill was the inspiration of the Peter Gabriel song "Solsbury Hill", recorded in 1977. A small turf labyrinth was cut into the turf by protesters during the widening of the A46 in 1994.^[1]