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Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down

England
List entry 1010251
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010251
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.5 hectares
Grid reference
SU 05829 48554, SU 05533 48922
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down is a linear earthwork of prehistoric date located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. The monument comprises a ditch and bank running across downland between the named locations, representative of the territorial boundaries that characterised Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement patterns in the region. Such linear earthworks typically functioned to demarcate land divisions, control stock movement, or define areas of community significance during the later prehistoric period. The survival of this earthwork as an upstanding feature demonstrates its construction with sufficient depth and scale to have endured millennia of ploughing and natural erosion on the chalk downland.

Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010251. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down?

Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down is a linear earthwork of prehistoric date located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010251.

Who is responsible for protecting Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down?

Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down 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 1010251.

What other scheduled monuments are near Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Yarnbury camp (Yarnbury Castle) (8.5 km), Milestone SE of Yarnbury Castle (8.6 km), Round barrow 230yds (210m) NW of New Field Plantation (9.3 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.
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

Yarnbury camp (Yarnbury Castle)
8.5 km
Milestone SE of Yarnbury Castle
8.6 km
Round barrow 230yds (210m) NW of New Field Plantation
9.3 km
Group of barrows near Field Barn
9.3 km
Lake Barrow Group, North Kite earthwork enclosure, four sections of linear boundary, and a bowl barrow within the North Kite
9.6 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
10.2 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
10.3 km
Ten bowl barrows, five disc barrows, a bell barrow, a pond barrow and a saucer barrow forming the Wilsford round barrow cemetery
10.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down

Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Boundary earthwork from East Down to Orcheston Down

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~5.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~10.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~11.9 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~12.7 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~10.7 miles
Domesday entry for Tilshead, Wiltshire →
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