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The Boundary feature on Ball Down is a linear earthwork located in Wiltshire. This monument consists of a ditch and bank arrangement typical of ancient territorial demarcation systems. The feature dates to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period, reflecting the landscape management and land division practices of prehistoric communities in the Wessex region. Such boundary works served both practical and symbolic functions, marking the limits of settlement territories and resource exploitation areas during the later prehistoric period.
Boundary feature on Ball Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010247. View the official record →
The Boundary feature on Ball Down is a linear earthwork located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010247.
Boundary feature on Ball 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 1010247.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Parsonage Down Camp earthwork enclosure and associated field system. (9.7 km), Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle (10 km), Deptford Down round barrow (10.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Boundary feature on Ball Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Boundary feature on Ball Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.