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Enclosure on Summer Down is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, consisting of an enclosed settlement dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period. The site comprises an area defined by defensive or demarcating earthworks, characteristic of contemporary settlement patterns in southern England. The enclosure's physical remains survive as banks and ditches that delineate the settlement boundaries. Such enclosed settlements represent important evidence for the organisation of domestic life and community structures during the later prehistoric period in Wiltshire.
Enclosure on Summer Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010261. View the official record →
Enclosure on Summer Down is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, consisting of an enclosed settlement dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010261.
Enclosure on Summer 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 1010261.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow N of Yarnbury Castle (9.9 km), Deptford Down round barrow (10.2 km), Bowl barrow 400m south east of Longbarrow Cross Roads, east of A360 (10.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure on Summer 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.
Enclosure on Summer Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.