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The settlement and earthworks on Coombe Down is a Romano-British archaeological site located in Wiltshire, comprising structural remains and landscape features from the Roman period. The monument consists of settlement evidence and associated earthworks that reflect patterns of occupation and land use during the Romano-British period, when Roman influence shaped settlement practices across southern England. The site's location on Coombe Down, in proximity to the landscape around Bake Barn, places it within the broader context of rural Romano-British settlement in the Wiltshire region, demonstrating the dispersed pattern of farmsteads and small settlements characteristic of this period in the English countryside.
Romano-British settlement and associated earthworks on Coombe Down, 760m east of Bake Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018960. View the official record →
The settlement and earthworks on Coombe Down is a Romano-British archaeological site located in Wiltshire, comprising structural remains and landscape features from the Roman period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018960.
Romano-British settlement and associated earthworks on Coombe Down, 760m east of Bake Barn 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 1018960.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 950m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm Down (9.8 km), Bowl barrow at the east end of Earl's Farm Down (9.9 km), Bell barrow 550m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm Down (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Romano-British settlement and associated earthworks on Coombe Down, 760m east of Bake Barn'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.
Romano-British settlement and associated earthworks on Coombe Down, 760m east of Bake Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.