Fyfield Down
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Fyfield Down (grid reference SU136709) is part of the Marlborough Downs, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the village of Fyfield, Wiltshire. The down is a 325.3 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1951. The down has the best assemblage of sarsen stones in England, known as the Grey Wethers.
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Fyfield Down | |
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Location in Wiltshire | |
Coordinates: 51.4369°N 1.8057°W / 51.4369; -1.8057 | |
Grid position | SU136709 |
Location | Wiltshire, England, UK |
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The site is to be distinguished from another Fyfield Down also in Wiltshire, east of Pewsey and on the edge of Salisbury Plain, near another place called Fyfield. The two places are only about 9 miles (14 km) apart.