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Causewayed enclosure at Great Shelford is a Neolithic monument located in Cambridgeshire. The site consists of interrupted ditch systems arranged in a roughly circular plan, characteristic of causewayed enclosures of the fourth millennium BC. Such monuments are interpreted by archaeologists as having served communal functions, possibly for periodic gatherings, stock management, or ritual purposes during the Early Neolithic period. The Great Shelford example contributes to the archaeological understanding of settlement and territorial organisation in prehistoric East Anglia, though like many causewayed enclosures its precise function remains subject to scholarly debate.
Causewayed enclosure at Great Shelford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1452825. View the official record →
Causewayed enclosure at Great Shelford is a Neolithic monument located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1452825.
Causewayed enclosure at Great Shelford 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 1452825.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman settlement S of Chronicle Hills (5.5 km), Chapel of the Hospital of St John at Whittlesford Bridge (6.2 km), Settlement site SE of West Hill (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Causewayed enclosure at Great Shelford'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.
Causewayed enclosure at Great Shelford stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.