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Heath Wood is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located near Tilshead on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. The monument comprises a series of interrupted ditch segments arranged in a roughly circular or oval plan, characteristic of causewayed enclosures dating to the early Neolithic period, approximately 3700–3500 BCE. These distinctive earthworks, marked by deliberately broken sections of ditch separated by unexcavated causeways, are thought to have served ritual, ceremonial, or gathering purposes rather than functioning as defensive settlements. Heath Wood represents an important example of early Neolithic monumental architecture on Salisbury Plain and contributes to understanding Neolithic communities and their use of ceremonial landscape during the fourth millennium BCE.
Heath Wood earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003001. View the official record →
Heath Wood is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure located near Tilshead on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003001.
Heath Wood earthwork 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 1003001.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut Bottom round barrow (6.8 km), Hydon Hill round barrows (6.9 km), Field system on Stoke Down (7 km).
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