Wiltshire
Salisbury's home county
Wiltshire is a county in southwestern England, known for Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge, and the cathedral city of Salisbury.
The name also refers to a breed of sheep and a type of bacon cured without the rind: Wiltshire bacon.
We drove through Wiltshire on our way to Bath.
Cathedral city in Wiltshire
Bluish-gray construction stone
- hengePrehistoric circular monument
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- megalithicOf giant stone construction
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
equinox · druids · monoliths · prehistoric · barrow · dolmen · henges · standing stones
Agricultural terrain
- meadowsGrassland for grazing
- pasturesLand for grazing animals
- arableFit for cultivation
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
pastoral · White Horse · vale · Avon · rolling hills · countryside · villages · thatched cottages
Aristocratic landed properties
- National TrustUK heritage preservation charity
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
museums · archives · medieval · Saxon · Roman · Magna Carta · wool trade · preservation
Salisbury
Cathedral city in Wiltshire
bluestone
Bluish-gray construction stone
- hengePrehistoric circular monument
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- megalithicOf giant stone construction
solstice · equinox · druids · monoliths · prehistoric · barrow · dolmen · henges · standing stones · ancient monuments
farmland
Agricultural terrain
agriculture · pastoral · White Horse · vale · Avon · rolling hills · countryside · villages · thatched cottages · market towns
manors
Aristocratic landed properties
- National TrustUK heritage preservation charity
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
antiquity · museums · archives · medieval · Saxon · Roman · Magna Carta · wool trade · preservation
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