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Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument consisting of two roughly circular earthwork enclosures located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The enclosures are defined by surviving banks and ditches, which remain visible as landscape features though they have been subject to erosion and agricultural activity over millennia. Such enclosure monuments were typical of later prehistoric settlement and land-use patterns in the Wessex region, serving purposes that may have included defensive, ceremonial, or pastoral functions. The site contributes to understanding the prehistoric occupation and organisation of the Winterbourne Down landscape during the third and second millennia before the present era.
Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003043. View the official record →
Two enclosures on Winterbourne Down is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument consisting of two roughly circular earthwork enclosures located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003043.
Two enclosures on Winterbourne 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 1003043.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow 75m west of Red Shore (9.7 km), Pair of bowl barrows 150m north of the Wansdyke on All Cannings Down (9.9 km), Section of the Wansdyke (10.1 km).
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