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Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp

England
List entry 1003254
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003254
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.17 hectares
Grid reference
SU 21324 50701
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp is an ancient linear monument located in Wiltshire, England, positioned in the landscape northwest of Sidbury hillfort. The earthwork consists of a substantial linear bank and ditch formation, characteristic of Iron Age or Romano-British defensive or boundary features. Such linear earthworks in the region often functioned as territorial markers, stock enclosures, or supplementary fortification lines associated with nearby hillforts. The precise dating and original function of this particular example remain subjects of archaeological interpretation, though its proximity to Sidbury camp suggests possible contemporary use or defensive purpose within the wider settlement complex.

Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003254. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp?

Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp is an ancient linear monument located in Wiltshire, England, positioned in the landscape northwest of Sidbury hillfort. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003254.

Who is responsible for protecting Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp?

Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury 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 1003254.

What other scheduled monuments are near Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wilbury House round barrow (8.9 km), Bowl barrow 260m SSW of Laundry Bungalows (9.1 km), Two bowl barrows 200m south of Laundry Bungalows (9.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wilbury House round barrow
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 260m SSW of Laundry Bungalows
9.1 km
Two bowl barrows 200m south of Laundry Bungalows
9.1 km
Two disc barrows and a bell barrow, 400m east of the Pennings, Earl's Farm Down
9.5 km
Newton Barrows, a round barrow cemetery on Earl's Farm Down
10.1 km
Bowl barrow on Earl's Farm Down within Boscombe Down Airfield, 620m south west of the covered reservoir
10.3 km
Bowl barrow immediately south of the embankment of a disused railway, within Boscombe Down Airfield, 870m south east of The Pennings
10.3 km
Barrow cemetery 730m north of Hampshire Gap
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp

Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Linear earthwork NW of Sidbury camp

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~7.7 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~11.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~12.1 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~12.3 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.4 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~17.6 miles
Domesday entry for Tidworth, Wiltshire →
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