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Sections of Wansdyke in Jockey Copse and Round Copse is a linear earthwork monument forming part of the larger Wansdyke defence system in Wiltshire. The Wansdyke itself is a substantial bank and ditch construction that extends across the Wiltshire and Somerset landscape, generally dated to the early Anglo-Saxon period, likely the sixth or seventh century. These specific sections preserve evidence of the characteristic form of the earthwork, comprising a prominent bank with an accompanying ditch, which would have served as a territorial or defensive boundary. The monument's preservation within the wooded landscape of Jockey Copse and Round Copse has helped protect it from later agricultural disturbance and provides important archaeological evidence for understanding early Anglo-Saxon territorial organisation and engineering capabilities in southern Britain.
Sections of Wansdyke in Jockey Copse and Round Copse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004751. View the official record →
Sections of Wansdyke in Jockey Copse and Round Copse is a linear earthwork monument forming part of the larger Wansdyke defence system in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004751.
Sections of Wansdyke in Jockey Copse and Round Copse 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 1004751.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 700m south of Tidcombe (6.3 km), Tow Barrow: a long barrow on Wexcombe Down (6.4 km), Linear earthwork on Maccombe Down (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sections of Wansdyke in Jockey Copse and Round Copse'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.
Sections of Wansdyke in Jockey Copse and Round Copse stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.