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Compton Farm is a Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation site located in Wiltshire, England, with associated cultivation earthworks that demonstrate sustained land use across these periods. The site preserves physical evidence of settlement activity dating from the Roman period through the Early Medieval phase, indicating continuity of human habitation and agricultural practice over several centuries. The earthworks visible at the site include traces of field systems and agricultural infrastructure that reflect the management of the landscape during these periods of occupation. The monument's survival as earthwork remains provides valuable archaeological evidence for understanding settlement patterns and rural economy in Roman and post-Roman Wiltshire.
Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017863. View the official record →
Compton Farm is a Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation site located in Wiltshire, England, with associated cultivation earthworks that demonstrate sustained land use across these periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017863.
Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks 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 1017863.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Disc barrow 220m south west of Stonehenge forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Stonehenge Down (9.9 km), Bowl barrow 50m south of A303 (9.9 km), Bowl barrow 320m west of Vespasian's Camp (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks'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.
Compton Farm Romano-British and Early Medieval occupation sites and associated cultivation earthworks stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.