Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Rotherley Down

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History & significance

Rotherley Down is a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Wiltshire comprising Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains. The site preserves evidence of occupation spanning the late Iron Age through the Romano-British period, with archaeological investigation revealing domestic structures and associated features characteristic of rural settlement activity during these periods. The monument's physical remains include settlement earthworks and archaeological deposits that contribute to understanding rural settlement patterns and continuity of occupation across the Iron Age and Roman transition in southern Britain. The site has yielded important archaeological material that illuminates daily life and agricultural practices in this region during the first centuries of the first millennium.

Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Rotherley Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020963. View the official record →

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