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Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down is a rectangular ditched enclosure located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The monument dates to the Iron Age period and consists of a substantial rectilinear earthwork formed by banks and ditches, which would have served as a defensive and stock-management boundary for a contemporary settlement. The site represents a characteristic form of enclosed settlement typical of Iron Age agricultural communities in southern Britain, where such enclosures provided protection for both dwellings and livestock. The farmstead demonstrates the established patterns of land use and settlement organisation evident across the Wiltshire chalk downs during the later prehistoric period.
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013230. View the official record →
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down is a rectangular ditched enclosure located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013230.
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings 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 1013230.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (3.8 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (4.8 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down'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.
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.