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Earthwork enclosure on Brigmerston Down is a prehistoric monument located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The site comprises an irregular enclosure defined by substantial earthwork banks and ditches, characteristics typical of Neolithic or Bronze Age defensive or ceremonial structures on the Wessex chalklands. Its exact dating remains subject to archaeological interpretation, though the form and construction method are consistent with later prehistoric settlement or ritual activity. The monument survives as an important landscape feature demonstrating the pattern of prehistoric land use across the Wiltshire downs.
Earthwork enclosure on Brigmerston Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009655. View the official record →
Earthwork enclosure on Brigmerston Down is a prehistoric monument located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009655.
Earthwork enclosure on Brigmerston 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 1009655.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (8.8 km), Round barrow cemetery 250m east of Straight Walk Plantation (8.9 km).
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