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Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in Wiltshire. The site comprises a small circular or sub-circular enclosure with a distinctive narrow entrance passage, characteristic of the banjo enclosure type that dates to the Bronze Age. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork, representing a form of settlement or ritual enclosure typical of the second millennium BC in southern England. Such enclosures are thought to have served domestic, pastoral, or ceremonial functions during the Bronze Age period.
Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017363. View the official record →
Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene is a prehistoric earthwork monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017363.
Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene 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 1017363.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp on Forest Hill (6.7 km), East Croft Coppice earthwork (7.1 km), Marlborough Mound (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene'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.
Banjo enclosure 480m south west of Cheldene stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.