Cley Hill

Its summit has a commanding view of the Wiltshire / Somerset county boundary, at 244 metres (801 ft) elevation.

A 26.6-hectare (66-acre) area of chalk grassland at Cley Hill was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1975.

[3] Archaeological features include a large univallate Iron Age hill fort, two bowl barrows and medieval strip lynchets.

[4] There is a legend that the hill was formed by the devil, when he dropped a sack of earth with which he had planned to bury the town of Devizes.

The man replied that he had been walking for years to reach Devizes, so the devil abandoned his plan.

Cley Hill
LIDAR of Cley Hill Camp showing erosion of the hill
3D view of the digital terrain model