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Enclosure west of Hound Plantation

England
List entry 1010061
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010061
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.81 hectares
Grid reference
SU 19384 50163
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosure west of Hound Plantation is an Iron Age earthwork monument located in Wiltshire. The site consists of an enclosed area defined by banks and ditches characteristic of prehistoric settlement patterns in the region. Its Iron Age date places it within the period of increasing territorial organization and defended settlement construction across southern Britain, though the specific chronology and functional purpose of this particular enclosure remain subjects of archaeological study. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the national heritage protection system.

Enclosure west of Hound Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010061. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Enclosure west of Hound Plantation?

Enclosure west of Hound Plantation is an Iron Age earthwork monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010061.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosure west of Hound Plantation?

Enclosure west of Hound Plantation 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 1010061.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosure west of Hound Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down (9.2 km), Bowl barrow immediately south of the embankment of a disused railway, within Boscombe Down Airfield, 870m south east of The Pennings (9.2 km), Bowl barrow on Earl's Farm Down within Boscombe Down Airfield, 620m south west of the covered reservoir (9.3 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down
9.2 km
Bowl barrow immediately south of the embankment of a disused railway, within Boscombe Down Airfield, 870m south east of The Pennings
9.2 km
Bowl barrow on Earl's Farm Down within Boscombe Down Airfield, 620m south west of the covered reservoir
9.3 km
Bowl barrow within Boscombe Down Airfield, 160m south east of The Rifle and Pistol Club
9.6 km
Queensberry Bridge
9.8 km
Lynchets at Southmill Hill
10 km
Vespasian's Camp
10 km
Barrow cemetery 730m north of Hampshire Gap
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosure west of Hound Plantation

Enclosure west of Hound Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Enclosure west of Hound Plantation

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~6.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~11.3 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~12 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~12.1 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.6 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~18.8 miles
Domesday entry for Choulston, Wiltshire →
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