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Four Highworth circles is a Bronze Age ritual or ceremonial site located approximately 150 metres north-east of Pickett's Copse near Highworth in Wiltshire. The monument consists of four circular earthworks arranged as a complex, typical of later prehistoric ritual landscapes that characterised the Wessex region. The site represents an important element of Bronze Age settlement and religious practice in the wider Highworth area, where multiple contemporary monuments suggest intensive use of the landscape during the second millennium BC. The earthworks remain visible as low banks and ditches in the modern terrain.
Four Highworth circles 150m north east of Pickett's Copse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016386. View the official record →
Four Highworth circles is a Bronze Age ritual or ceremonial site located approximately 150 metres north-east of Pickett's Copse near Highworth in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016386.
Four Highworth circles 150m north east of Pickett's Copse 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 1016386.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bourton village cross (5 km), Site of Roman town, W of Wanborough House (5.7 km), Hall Place (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Four Highworth circles 150m north east of Pickett's Copse'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.
Four Highworth circles 150m north east of Pickett's Copse stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.