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Bulford Henges is a Neolithic monument complex located near Bulford in Wiltshire, comprising two substantial circular earthworks situated within the chalk downland landscape of Salisbury Plain. The site consists of two henges, which are ritual or ceremonial enclosures defined by circular or near-circular banks and ditches, and dates to the Neolithic period, likely the later Neolithic around the third millennium BCE. The henges remain visible as substantial earthwork features, though their precise original dimensions and the extent of any internal structures have been subject to archaeological study and ground survey. The monument is significant as evidence of Neolithic communal and ceremonial practices in the wider Salisbury Plain region, an area of exceptional archaeological importance containing numerous prehistoric monuments.
Bulford Henges is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1449706. View the official record →
Bulford Henges is a Neolithic monument complex located near Bulford in Wiltshire, comprising two substantial circular earthworks situated within the chalk downland landscape of Salisbury Plain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1449706.
Bulford Henges 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 1449706.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (8.4 km), Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point (9.3 km), Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bulford Henges'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.
Bulford Henges stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.