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Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill

England
List entry 1017928
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017928
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.59 hectares
Grid reference
SU 03821 52632
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill is a linear earthwork located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of a bank and ditch construction characteristic of boundary demarcation features, though its precise dating and original function remain subjects of archaeological study. Such earthworks in the Wiltshire landscape often relate to territorial divisions established during the Iron Age or early medieval periods, serving to define land holdings and control movement across the countryside. The survival of this feature as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates its historical significance as evidence of past land organisation and settlement patterns in the region.

Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017928. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill?

Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill is a linear earthwork located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017928.

Who is responsible for protecting Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill?

Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill 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 1017928.

What other scheduled monuments are near Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure on Maddington Down (9.5 km), Bowl barrow and section of linear boundary earthwork on Winterbourne Stoke Down (10.8 km), Bell barrow 400m south of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus (11 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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Enclosure on Maddington Down
9.5 km
Bowl barrow and section of linear boundary earthwork on Winterbourne Stoke Down
10.8 km
Bell barrow 400m south of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
11 km
Bowl barrow 400m SSE of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
11 km
Bowl barrow 450m south of Greenland Farm
11.1 km
Bowl barrow 800m west of Airman's Corner on Winterbourne Stoke Down
11.1 km
Bowl barrow 300m north west of Airman's Corner
11.1 km
Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down
11.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill

Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~8.3 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~10 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~10.6 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~11.5 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~8 miles
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