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Linear boundary earthwork west of Liddington Castle is a substantial defensive or demarcatory feature associated with the Iron Age hillfort of Liddington Castle in Wiltshire. The earthwork consists of a linear bank and ditch arrangement that extends westward from the main castle defences, likely serving to control access across the chalk downland or to delineate territorial boundaries during the later prehistoric period. Such linear features were characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns and land management in southern Britain, where they functioned to regulate movement and define territorial claims. The earthwork remains visible as an archaeological monument and forms an integral part of the defensive landscape surrounding Liddington Castle, one of Wiltshire's significant hillforts.
Linear boundary earthwork west of Liddington Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016391. View the official record →
Linear boundary earthwork west of Liddington Castle is a substantial defensive or demarcatory feature associated with the Iron Age hillfort of Liddington Castle in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016391.
Linear boundary earthwork west of Liddington Castle 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 1016391.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound in churchyard (7.5 km), Bowl barrow 800m south-east of Ogbourne St Andrew Farm (7.8 km), Enclosure on Ogbourne Down (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Linear boundary earthwork west of Liddington Castle'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.
Linear boundary earthwork west of Liddington Castle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.