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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 →
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.
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.
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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