Scheduled MonumentsEnglandOld Pound Copse earthwork

Old Pound Copse earthwork

England
List entry 1001917
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001917
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.5 hectares
Grid reference
SU 39632 44650
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Old Pound Copse earthwork is a linear defensive structure located in Hampshire, England. The site comprises an earthen bank and ditch arrangement typical of Iron Age territorial or defensive works, dating to the pre-Roman period. Its precise function remains characteristic of such undated linear earthworks, which may have served variously as boundary markers, stock enclosures, or defensive barriers. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork within a woodland setting, preserving evidence of Iron Age or Romano-British period land use and settlement patterns in the Hampshire landscape.

Old Pound Copse earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001917. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Old Pound Copse earthwork?

Old Pound Copse earthwork is a linear defensive structure located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001917.

Who is responsible for protecting Old Pound Copse earthwork?

Old Pound Copse earthwork 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 1001917.

What other scheduled monuments are near Old Pound Copse earthwork?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement site at Brockley Warren (8.8 km), Woolbury Ring, Stockbridge (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 270m SSW of Woolbury hillfort: one of a dispersed group of barrows on Stockbridge Down (9.9 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Old Pound Copse earthwork

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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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Old Pound Copse earthwork

Old Pound Copse earthwork stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.