Scheduled MonumentsEnglandKiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp

Kiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp

England
List entry 1443438
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1443438
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.4 hectares
Grid reference
SU1998843923
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Kiwi Chalk Figure is a geoglyph located on the chalk downland above Bulford Camp near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Cut into the hillside to expose the white chalk beneath, the figure depicts a kiwi bird and measures approximately 400 feet in length, making it one of the largest hill figures in Britain. The figure was created in 1919 by soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force stationed at Bulford Camp during the post-First World War period, serving as a tribute to their homeland and unit identity. The figure remains visible today as a notable example of early twentieth-century military and cultural expression on the Wiltshire landscape, though it has required periodic restoration to maintain definition against natural erosion.

Kiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1443438. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Kiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp?

Kiwi Chalk Figure is a geoglyph located on the chalk downland above Bulford Camp near Salisbury in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1443438.

Who is responsible for protecting Kiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp?

Kiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp 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 1443438.

What other scheduled monuments are near Kiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 530m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (8.8 km), A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 535m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down (8.9 km).

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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
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The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Kiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp

Kiwi Chalk Figure above Bulford Camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.