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Round House

England
List entry 1005657
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005657
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
ST 82477 68485
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round House is a prehistoric circular earthwork located in Wiltshire, England. The monument comprises a roughly circular bank and ditch formation typical of Neolithic or Bronze Age settlement patterns in the region. The site's exact dating and functional interpretation remain subjects of archaeological inquiry, though such circular earthworks commonly served defensive, ceremonial, or domestic purposes during the prehistoric period. The surviving earthwork represents an important example of the settlement archaeology of prehistoric Wiltshire.

Round House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005657. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Round House?

Round House is a prehistoric circular earthwork located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005657.

Who is responsible for protecting Round House?

Round House 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 1005657.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bradford-on-Avon Roman Villa (7.1 km), Dundas aqueduct (7.2 km), Monastic grange at Barton Farm (8 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Round House

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bradford-on-Avon Roman Villa
7.1 km
Dundas aqueduct
7.2 km
Monastic grange at Barton Farm
8 km
Sub-rectangular enclosure in Great Bradford Wood
8.2 km
Limpley Stoke Bridge (or Stokeford Bridge)
8.4 km
Murhill tramway and wharf
8.5 km
Medieval settlement of Whaddon, 260m west of Whaddon Grove Farm
9 km
Iford Bridge
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round House

Round House stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round House

BathRoman town · ~5.2 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~17.1 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~17.2 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~17.3 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~6.3 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~6.5 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.8 miles
Domesday entry for Hazelbury, Wiltshire →
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