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All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site

England
List entry 1468191
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1468191
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.72 hectares
Grid reference
SU0807863458
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

All Cannings Cross is an Early Iron Age settlement site situated in Wiltshire, England. The site is notable for its defensive earthwork consisting of a univallate hillfort or enclosed settlement, characteristic of Early Iron Age communities in the chalk downlands of southern Britain. Excavations have revealed evidence of Iron Age occupation dating to approximately the 6th to 5th centuries BC, providing valuable archaeological evidence for understanding settlement patterns and material culture during this transitional period between the Bronze Age and the developed Iron Age. The site contributes to scholarly understanding of early fortified settlements in the Wessex region.

All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1468191. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site?

All Cannings Cross is an Early Iron Age settlement site situated in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1468191.

Who is responsible for protecting All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site?

All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site 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 1468191.

What other scheduled monuments are near All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden (5.3 km), Medieval village site (5.6 km), Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation (8.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The Hatfield Earthwork: a henge enclosure, henge and remains of monumental mound at Marden
5.3 km
Medieval village site
5.6 km
Multiple trackway between and north of Round Clump and Dogtail Plantation
8.3 km
Barrow east of Chirton Landing Strip
8.5 km
Round barrow near Charlton Clumps
8.9 km
Enclosure on Marden Down
9.2 km
Field system on Penning Down
9.2 km
Barrow north-west of Weatherhill Scrub
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site

All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site

West Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~2.8 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~3.4 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~4.3 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~9.2 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~4.3 miles
Domesday entry for Allington, Wiltshire →
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