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Enclosure and linear earthworks between Bishopstrow Down and South Down Sleight is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, comprising a series of linear banks and ditches together with an associated enclosure. The earthworks date to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period and represent field systems or territorial boundaries characteristic of later prehistoric land organisation in the chalk downlands of southern England. The monument survives as buried or partially visible earthwork remains and forms part of the broader complex of prehistoric archaeological features distributed across the Wiltshire downs. Such linear earthworks systems are significant archaeological indicators of settlement patterns, agricultural practice, and land division during the Iron Age in particular.
Enclosure and linear earthworks between Bishopstrow Down and South Down Sleight is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010283. View the official record →
Enclosure and linear earthworks between Bishopstrow Down and South Down Sleight is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, comprising a series of linear banks and ditches together with an associated enclosure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010283.
Enclosure and linear earthworks between Bishopstrow Down and South Down Sleight 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 1010283.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow to the north of Long Bottom, 1.6km north east of Hammersmith (8.9 km), Bell barrow on Parsonage Down, 1.3km south east of Lord's Hill Farm (9.5 km), Round barrow SW of Parsonage Down (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure and linear earthworks between Bishopstrow Down and South Down Sleight'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.
Enclosure and linear earthworks between Bishopstrow Down and South Down Sleight stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.