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Robin Hood's Ball is a causewayed enclosure located near Tilshead in Wiltshire, England. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and consists of a series of interrupted ditches arranged in concentric rings, a characteristic feature of causewayed enclosures of the fourth millennium BCE. The site measures approximately 85 metres in diameter and retains visible earthwork remains of its outer and inner ditch systems, with the characteristic causeways or unbroken sections of ground between the ditch segments still discernible. Like other monuments of its type, Robin Hood's Ball likely functioned as a gathering place for ceremonial, social, or administrative purposes during the early Neolithic, and it represents an important example of monumental construction from this formative period of British prehistory.
Robin Hood's Ball, causewayed enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009593. View the official record →
Robin Hood's Ball is a causewayed enclosure located near Tilshead in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009593.
Robin Hood's Ball, causewayed enclosure 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 1009593.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m north of Rox Hill Clump (7.5 km), Bowl barrow 50m south west of Rox Hill Clump (7.7 km), Bowl barrow 470m south east of Druid's Head Farm (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Robin Hood's Ball, causewayed enclosure'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.
Robin Hood's Ball, causewayed enclosure stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.