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Wansdyke is a linear earthwork of Iron Age or Romano-British date constructed across the chalk downlands of Wiltshire and Berkshire. This particular section, extending from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill, comprises a substantial bank and ditch system that formed part of the broader defensive or territorial boundary associated with the monument. The earthwork survives as a prominent ridge and furrow feature visible in the modern landscape, preserving evidence of ancient land division and control. As a scheduled ancient monument, this section represents an important survival of prehistoric or Romano-British engineering and landscape organisation within the wider Wansdyke system.
Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017288. View the official record →
Wansdyke is a linear earthwork of Iron Age or Romano-British date constructed across the chalk downlands of Wiltshire and Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017288.
Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill 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 1017288.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows in Roundway Hill Covert (4.6 km), Rybury camp (4.6 km), All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill'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.
Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan Hill stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.