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Ashley Wood camp is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located near Totton in the New Forest area of Hampshire. The monument consists of interrupted ditch lines and banks forming a roughly circular plan, characteristic of causewayed enclosures of the fourth millennium BC. Such enclosures served multiple functions in Neolithic society, including gathering places, trading centres, and ceremonial spaces. The site remains an important archaeological record of early agrarian settlement patterns in southern England.
Ashley Wood camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014815. View the official record →
Ashley Wood camp is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located near Totton in the New Forest area of Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014815.
Ashley Wood camp 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 1014815.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Ashley Down Plantation, 1010m south west of Forest of Bere Farm (0.9 km), Bowl barrow on Ashley Down Plantation, 1000m south west of Forest of Bere Farm (0.9 km), Group of round barrows at Withering Corner (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ashley Wood camp'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.
Ashley Wood camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.