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An enclosed Iron Age farmstead is a fortified agricultural settlement dating to the pre-Roman Iron Age, located on Bishop's Cannings Down in Wiltshire. The site consists of an enclosure defined by substantial earthwork defences, which would have contained domestic structures and storage facilities typical of Iron Age farming communities. Such enclosed farmsteads represent an important settlement form in southern Britain during the later prehistoric period, reflecting both the need for stock protection and social organisation within rural communities. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding Iron Age settlement patterns and land use in the Wiltshire chalk downlands.
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 →
An enclosed Iron Age farmstead is a fortified agricultural settlement dating to the pre-Roman Iron Age, located on Bishop's Cannings Down in 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).
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