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Linear earthwork on Knook Down is a prehistoric linear monument located in Wiltshire. The earthwork consists of a ditch with associated bank, characteristic of defensive or territorial boundaries constructed during the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Such linear features across downland landscapes typically served to divide land holdings, control livestock movement, or demarcate territorial boundaries between communities. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding prehistoric land use and settlement patterns in the Wessex region.
Linear earthwork on Knook Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010665. View the official record →
Linear earthwork on Knook Down is a prehistoric linear monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010665.
Linear earthwork on Knook Down 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 1010665.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British village N of Stockton Wood (8 km), Earthwork enclosure in Great Ridge wood, 350m north east of Point Pond (8.1 km), Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Linear earthwork on Knook Down'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 earthwork on Knook Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.