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Alresford Drive earthworks is a prehistoric monument located at Avington in Hampshire. The site comprises linear earthworks that form part of the broader landscape of Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement and land organisation in the region. The earthworks survive as banks and ditches that reflect patterns of ancient land division and territorial demarcation characteristic of later prehistoric communities in southern England. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site contributes to understanding the settlement patterns and agricultural practices of Hampshire's prehistoric populations.
Alresford Drive earthworks, Avington is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001910. View the official record →
Alresford Drive earthworks is a prehistoric monument located at Avington in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001910.
Alresford Drive earthworks, Avington 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 1001910.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British enclosure and later hollow ways on Twyford Down (6.1 km), Long barrow 250m south-west of Warren Farm (6.5 km), Lynchets on north west spur of Twyford Down (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Alresford Drive earthworks, Avington's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Alresford Drive earthworks, Avington stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.