Welcome to Window on Wiltshire's Heritage.Wiltshire's heritage is unique and outstanding. You have probably heard of Stonehenge, but Wiltshire has so much more to offer.
22 organisations from across Wiltshire have come together to provide a virtual display of Wiltshire's heritage.
This website encompasses archaeology, architecture, art, and nature, as well as museum treasures, historical photographs, archives, and local history collections.
Discover Wiltshire's amazing heritage. |
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Box Tunnel
Classed as one of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great works, Box Tunnel running under the hill between Corsham and Box, remains famous as a feat of construction and for the history of its construction.
Rail travel was still a novelty when the Great Western Railway line joining London and Bristol was begun. The hill near Box was the last part of the line to be dealt with. It was generally believed that a tunnel through the hill would be so long and deep as to "stifle and deafen" passe... 
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