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Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape

England
List entry 1017939
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017939
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
204.1 hectares
Grid reference
SU 18408 48896, SU 19654 48882, SU 18839 49094
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Figheldean Down is a prehistoric landscape monument located in Wiltshire, England, containing a complex of archaeological features that span multiple periods of prehistoric activity. The site encompasses burial mounds, field systems, and settlement evidence dating principally to the Bronze Age, though earlier Neolithic occupation is also attested in the archaeological record. The monument preserves an important palimpsest of prehistoric land use and social organization on the Wiltshire chalk downlands, with earthwork features remaining visible in the modern landscape. As a designated monument, it forms part of the broader archaeological heritage of the Stonehenge and Salisbury Plain region, an area of exceptional prehistoric significance in southern England.

Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017939. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape?

Figheldean Down is a prehistoric landscape monument located in Wiltshire, England, containing a complex of archaeological features that span multiple periods of prehistoric activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017939.

Who is responsible for protecting Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape?

Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape 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 1017939.

What other scheduled monuments are near Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Disc barrow and pillbox within Boscombe Down airfield, 520m south east of the Officers' Mess (9.2 km), Bowl barrow 340m east of Stockport (9.7 km), Two bowl barrows and a levelled barrow 460m north east of Normanton House on Amesbury Down (10 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Disc barrow and pillbox within Boscombe Down airfield, 520m south east of the Officers' Mess
9.2 km
Bowl barrow 340m east of Stockport
9.7 km
Two bowl barrows and a levelled barrow 460m north east of Normanton House on Amesbury Down
10 km
Linear boundary earthwork on Amesbury Down west of Stock Bottom
10.1 km
Linear boundary earthwork 250m west of Stockport
10.1 km
Pond barrow 480m west of Olddown Barn on Amesbury Down
10.2 km
Triple bell barrow 530m north of Field Barn on Amesbury Down
10.4 km
Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap
11 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape

Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Figheldean Down prehistoric landscape

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~5.9 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~10.6 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~12.4 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~12.8 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.8 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~19.4 miles
Domesday entry for Choulston, Wiltshire →
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