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Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse

England
List entry 1017938
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017938
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.45 hectares
Grid reference
SU 06544 53549
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse is an Iron Age earthwork situated in Wiltshire. The monument comprises an irregular enclosure defined by a ditch and internal bank, characteristics typical of prehistoric settlement patterns in the region during the Iron Age period. Its form and construction suggest it may have served defensive, administrative, or domestic functions within the broader Iron Age landscape of the Wiltshire chalk downlands. The site remains archaeologically significant as evidence of Iron Age occupation and land use in this area of southern England.

Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017938. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse?

Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse is an Iron Age earthwork situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017938.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse?

Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse 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 1017938.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows forming part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery (9.9 km), Bowl barrow 350m north west of Greenland Farm (10 km), Chitterne Down barrow (10.3 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two bowl barrows forming part of Rollestone Field linear round barrow cemetery
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 350m north west of Greenland Farm
10 km
Chitterne Down barrow
10.3 km
Bowl barrow forming part of the Durrington Down round barrow cemetery
10.9 km
Disc barrow on Fargo Road
11 km
Bowl barrow 250m south of Fargo Road
11.3 km
Bowl barrow immediately north of Fargo Road
11.3 km
Bowl barrow 50m south of Fargo Road, forming part of a nucleated round barrow cemetery
11.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse

Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Enclosure north of Chirton Gorse

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~7.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~8.8 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~9.5 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~10.5 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~8 miles
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