Venta Belgarum

Location

Atlas number

EN3842 (3842)

Country

England

Current county or unitary authority

Hampshire

Historic county

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Parish, community, or townland

Winchester

National Grid reference

SU 482 293

Latitude

51.05978

Longitude

-1.31201

Form and condition

Complete rampart circuit

No

Dating

Dating

undated

Dating reliability

D - None

Identifiers

HER

Hampshire 58629

National record

record SU 4 2 NE 1; monument 230572

Wikidata

Q31117142

Sources

• Atlas of Hillforts record
• Wikidata
• Historic England research record

References

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