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Casterley Camp and associated monuments

England
List entry 1010074
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010074
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
31.79 hectares
Grid reference
SU 11565 53537
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Casterley Camp is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. The site consists of a series of interrupted ditches arranged in concentric arcs, a characteristic feature of causewayed enclosures dating to the early Neolithic period, approximately 3700 to 3500 BCE. The monument covers an area of roughly four hectares and represents an important example of early monumental earthwork construction in southern England. Excavations have recovered artefactual evidence including pottery and flint tools, indicating its use as a meeting place, ceremonial centre, or defended settlement during the Neolithic period.

Casterley Camp and associated monuments is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010074. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Casterley Camp and associated monuments?

Casterley Camp is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010074.

Who is responsible for protecting Casterley Camp and associated monuments?

Casterley Camp and associated monuments 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 1010074.

What other scheduled monuments are near Casterley Camp and associated monuments?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road (9.8 km), Bowl barrow 160m south of Fargo Road, forming part of a nucleated round barrow cemetery (9.8 km), Bowl barrow 250m south of Fargo Road (9.8 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Six of the eight round barrows making up a nucleated round barrow cemetery 100m south of Fargo Road
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 160m south of Fargo Road, forming part of a nucleated round barrow cemetery
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 250m south of Fargo Road
9.8 km
The Lesser Cursus and a triple bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery south east of Greenland Farm on Winterbourne Stoke Down
10 km
Bell barrow 450m south east of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
10 km
Bowl barrow 400m south east of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
10 km
Bowl barrow 500m south east of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
10 km
Bowl barrow 400m SSE of Greenland Farm, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery west of the Lesser Cursus
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Casterley Camp and associated monuments

Casterley Camp and associated monuments stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Casterley Camp and associated monuments

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~7 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~8.6 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~9.4 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~10.3 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~9.7 miles
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