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Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down is an Iron Age monument located in Wiltshire. The enclosure comprises a square plan defined by earthwork banks and ditches, a form characteristic of late prehistoric defensive or stock management structures on the Wiltshire chalk downlands. Its proximity to Wansdyke, the post-Roman linear earthwork, places it within a landscape of considerable archaeological significance spanning multiple periods. The monument remains an important record of Iron Age settlement patterns and land use on the Marlborough Downs.
Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013231. View the official record →
Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down is an Iron Age monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013231.
Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down 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 1013231.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (3.6 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (5.1 km), Deserted medieval village E of Manor Farm (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down'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.
Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.