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Thornham Down is an ancient monument in Wiltshire comprising a complex landscape of prehistoric and medieval features. The site encompasses earthworks and archaeological remains dating from the Bronze Age through to the medieval period, reflecting successive phases of settlement and land use across several millennia. The monument preserves evidence of prehistoric field systems, burial mounds, and settlement patterns alongside later medieval agricultural features, making it significant for understanding the evolution of the landscape and human activity in this region over an extended timespan. The surviving earthworks and subsurface deposits provide important archaeological evidence for reconstructing past economic and social organisation across these diverse periods.
Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010219. View the official record →
Thornham Down is an ancient monument in Wiltshire comprising a complex landscape of prehistoric and medieval features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010219.
Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscapes 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 1010219.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows forming part of the Winterbourne Stoke crossroads round barrow cemetery (9.8 km), Five bowl barrows and two saucer barrows forming a round barrow cemetery on Winterbourne Stoke Down (10 km), Disc barrow 220m south west of Stonehenge forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Stonehenge Down (10.1 km).
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