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Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course

England
List entry 1015480
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015480
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.13 hectares
Grid reference
SU 21280 48486
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course is a linear defensive or territorial boundary dating to the Iron Age, located in Hampshire. The earthwork comprises a substantial bank and ditch system that would have served to demarcate land divisions or control movement across the landscape during the pre-Roman Iron Age period. Its precise function, whether primarily defensive, administrative, or pastoral in nature, reflects the complex territorial organisation of Iron Age communities in southern England. The monument remains visible as an upstanding earthwork feature despite its location within the modern golf course environment.

Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015480. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course?

Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course is a linear defensive or territorial boundary dating to the Iron Age, located in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015480.

Who is responsible for protecting Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course?

Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course 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 1015480.

What other scheduled monuments are near Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield, 160m south east of The Rifle and Pistol Club (8.6 km), Disc barrow and pillbox within Boscombe Down airfield, 520m south east of the Officers' Mess (9.3 km), Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (9.4 km).

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This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield, 160m south east of The Rifle and Pistol Club
8.6 km
Disc barrow and pillbox within Boscombe Down airfield, 520m south east of the Officers' Mess
9.3 km
Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 125m north-east of South View Farm
9.5 km
Round barrow cemetery 250m east of Straight Walk Plantation
9.5 km
Round barrow cemetery in New Plantation 590m ESE of Amesbury Junction
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 340m east of Stockport
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course

Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~6.8 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~10.8 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~13 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~13.5 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.2 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~18.4 miles
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