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Tidpit Common Down is a scheduled ancient monument in Wiltshire comprising a complex of prehistoric and later archaeological features including two linear earthworks, two barrows, and the remains of Iron Age and Romano-British settlements. The linear earthworks likely served defensive or territorial functions within the later prehistoric landscape, whilst the barrows represent Bronze Age or earlier burial monuments characteristic of Wiltshire's downland. The Iron Age and Romano-British settlement evidence indicates continuity of occupation through the later prehistoric period into the Roman period, reflecting patterns of habitation and land use across the Salisbury Plain region. Together these features constitute an important archaeological palimpsest documenting human activity and settlement patterns across more than a millennium of prehistory and the early historic period.
Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010762. View the official record →
Tidpit Common Down is a scheduled ancient monument in Wiltshire comprising a complex of prehistoric and later archaeological features including two linear earthworks, two barrows, and the remains of Iron Age and Romano-British settlements.
Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common 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 1010762.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Mount Ararat, 550m east of Burrows Farm (8.2 km), Two bowl barrows on Mount Ararat, 865m and 910m north east of Stephen's Castle (8.3 km), Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common 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.
Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.