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Boundary earthwork running south from Dunch Hill, through Brigmerston Plantation and Milston Down is a linear defensive or administrative boundary monument in Wiltshire. The earthwork comprises a substantial bank and ditch system that extends across the downland landscape for several kilometres, marking a territorial division of Iron Age or Romano-British date. Its precise chronology and original function remain subjects of archaeological interpretation, though such linear earthworks in Wiltshire commonly served as territorial markers or livestock control boundaries during the later prehistoric and Romano-British periods. The monument survives as a visible topographical feature across arable and plantation land, retaining archaeological potential for understanding patterns of land use and settlement hierarchy in this region of central Wiltshire.
Boundary earthwork running south from Dunch Hill, through Brigmerston Plantation and Milston Down. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009656. View the official record →
Boundary earthwork running south from Dunch Hill, through Brigmerston Plantation and Milston Down is a linear defensive or administrative boundary monument in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009656.
Boundary earthwork running south from Dunch Hill, through Brigmerston Plantation and Milston 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 1009656.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (8.6 km), Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (8.6 km), Round barrow cemetery 250m east of Straight Walk Plantation (8.7 km).
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