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Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises an enclosure with associated linear earthwork features that date to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period. The physical remains consist of banks and ditches that define the enclosed area and extend as boundary markers across the surrounding landscape, typical of land division and settlement organisation in later prehistory. Such monuments represent important evidence of territorial management and agricultural practice during the second and first millennia before the Common Era.
Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017713. View the official record →
Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017713.
Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary 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 1017713.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 400m west of Vicarage Barn (5.8 km), Tithe barn and gatehouse at Place Farm (6.8 km), Wick Farm settlement site (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork'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.
Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.