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Linear earthwork in Butleigh Wood is a bank and ditch system of Iron Age date located in Somerset. The monument consists of a substantial linear earthwork that runs through woodland terrain, featuring characteristic banks and ditches typical of Iron Age defensive or boundary constructions. Such linear earthworks from this period often served to demarcate territories, control movement across the landscape, or provide defensive positions for settlements. The Butleigh Wood example represents an important survival of Iron Age land organisation in the South West of England.
Linear earthwork in Butleigh Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006152. View the official record →
Linear earthwork in Butleigh Wood is a bank and ditch system of Iron Age date located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006152.
Linear earthwork in Butleigh Wood 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 1006152.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood (0.4 km), Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon, east of Dundon (2.1 km), The easternmost of three duck decoys on Walton Moor (4.3 km).
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