{{Short description|Hill in Wiltshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=December 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Overton Hill | image = Tumuli on Overton Hill.JPG | image_caption = Round tumuli on Overton Hill | elevation_m = 174 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | map = United Kingdom Wiltshire | map_caption = Overton Hill shown within Wiltshire | label_position = | location = Wiltshire, England | range = | coordinates = {{coord|51.41|N|1.83173|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | grid_ref_UK = SU118679 | topo = OS ''Explorer'' 157 | type = | age = | easiest_route = }}
'''Overton Hill''' is a 571 ft (174 m) hill at the southern edge of the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire, England. It lies just west of the village of West Overton and about {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} west from the town of Marlborough. The A4 road passes close to the north, and to the south is the River Kennet.
The hill is notable for being the start point of the Ridgeway National Trail, which follows an ancient trackway. There several scheduled archaeological sites including several round barrows (burial mounds)<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1008464|desc=Group of five round barrows north-east of the Sanctuary: part of the Overton Hill round barrow cemetery|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> on it, and the site of an Iron Age wooden circle known as The Sanctuary, indicating human activity for thousands of years.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1014563|desc=The Sanctuary, Overton Hill|access-date=16 June 2022|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The hill is part of the Avebury section of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites - 1000097 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000097 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Hills of Wiltshire Category:History of Wiltshire Category:Archaeological sites in Wiltshire
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