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A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill is a prehistoric and Romano-British monument complex located in Wiltshire. The site comprises a linear earthwork, likely of Late Iron Age or Romano-British date, and two Bronze Age bowl barrows positioned to the east of the well-known Bokerley Dyke. The linear earthwork represents defensive or territorial boundary work characteristic of the Romano-British period, whilst the bowl barrows indicate earlier Bronze Age funerary activity in the landscape. Together, these elements demonstrate the long continuity of land use and the layering of different archaeological periods across this upland zone of southern England.
A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011007. View the official record →
A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill is a prehistoric and Romano-British monument complex located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011007.
A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Mount Ararat, 550m east of Burrows Farm (8.6 km), Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton (8.8 km), Two bowl barrows on Mount Ararat, 865m and 910m north east of Stephen's Castle (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.