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Hall's Close is a ringwork and bailey earthwork located approximately 100 metres west of Kentend Farm in Wiltshire. The monument dates to the medieval period, representing a form of fortified residence characteristic of the 11th to 13th centuries. The site comprises a circular or oval defensive bank with an associated bailey platform, typical of smaller lordly strongholds of the medieval era. Such ringworks were strategically sited to provide defensible positions whilst serving as administrative and residential centres for their occupants during the medieval period.
Hall's Close: a ringwork and bailey 100m west of Kentend Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013197. View the official record →
Hall's Close is a ringwork and bailey earthwork located approximately 100 metres west of Kentend Farm in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013197.
Hall's Close: a ringwork and bailey 100m west of Kentend Farm 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 1013197.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Water meadow 400m east of Clattinger Farm (3.6 km), Medieval settlement and associated field system at Clattinger Farm (4.1 km), Moated site and surrounding earthwork enclosure, 100m south of Chelworth Farm (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hall's Close: a ringwork and bailey 100m west of Kentend Farm'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.
Hall's Close: a ringwork and bailey 100m west of Kentend Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.