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Old Sarum

In or near Salisbury.

Old Sarum — site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England.

Old Sarum

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Old Sarum is a castle in south east. (Site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England.) Wikipedia notes: "Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country.". Coordinates 51.0933°, -1.8047°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
51.0933, -1.8047

Sources

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