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Three sections of a linear earthwork between Churchlane Copse and Early Bridge Copse, south of Silchester, is a prehistoric or Romano-British defensive boundary consisting of discontinuous ditch and bank features. The earthwork runs broadly north-south across the landscape south of the Roman settlement at Silchester and represents either a territorial boundary or defensive line associated with Iron Age or Romano-British land division and settlement patterns. The surviving sections comprise substantial ditches with accompanying banks, though the monument is interrupted by modern land use and has suffered degradation over time. The linear character and scale of the work suggest significant investment in territorial definition or settlement protection during the late prehistoric or Romano-British period, though the precise dating and original extent of the monument remain subjects for further archaeological investigation.
Three sections of a linear earthwork between Churchlane Copse and Early Bridge Copse, south of Silchester is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011956. View the official record →
Three sections of a linear earthwork between Churchlane Copse and Early Bridge Copse, south of Silchester, is a prehistoric or Romano-British defensive boundary consisting of discontinuous ditch and bank features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011956.
Three sections of a linear earthwork between Churchlane Copse and Early Bridge Copse, south of Silchester 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 1011956.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site west of Cufaude Farm (4.2 km), Moated site, fishponds, icehouse and associated earthworks at Wyeford Farm. (4.6 km), Bulls Down camp (4.6 km).
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