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Enclosure in Brighstone Forest

England
List entry 1007784
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007784
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 44089 85204
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosure in Brighstone Forest is an ancient monument located in Hampshire, England. The site comprises an earthwork enclosure of Iron Age date, representing a settlement or defensive structure from the pre-Roman period. The monument survives as a substantial archaeological feature within the forest landscape, with banks and ditches marking its original boundaries. Such enclosures from this period typically served domestic or pastoral functions, and their distribution across Hampshire reflects patterns of Iron Age settlement and land use in the region.

Enclosure in Brighstone Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007784. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosure in Brighstone Forest?

Enclosure in Brighstone Forest is an ancient monument located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007784.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosure in Brighstone Forest?

Enclosure in Brighstone Forest 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 1007784.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosure in Brighstone Forest?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down (1.1 km), Rock Roman villa (2 km), Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse (2.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
1.1 km
Rock Roman villa
2 km
Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
2.8 km
Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
3 km
Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
3.4 km
Castle Hill earthwork
3.4 km
Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
4.1 km
Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
4.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosure in Brighstone Forest

Enclosure in Brighstone Forest stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Cheverton, Hampshire →
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