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Group of small enclosures on Horton Down is a collection of prehistoric earthwork enclosures located on the chalk downland of north Wiltshire. The site comprises multiple small ditched enclosures of Bronze Age date, positioned within the wider landscape of ceremonial and domestic monuments characteristic of the Wiltshire downs during the second millennium BC. The enclosures are visible as soil marks and slight earthwork features, representing the remains of settlement activity or stock management practices from this period. The site lies in close proximity to other significant archaeological features including the Easton Down long barrow, situating it within an area of sustained prehistoric use and occupation.
Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014561. View the official record →
Group of small enclosures on Horton Down is a collection of prehistoric earthwork enclosures located on the chalk downland of north Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014561.
Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow 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 1014561.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (3.3 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (4 km), Three bowl barrows 600m south-west of Knap Cottage (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow'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.
Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.