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Worthy Down ditch is a linear earthwork located in Hampshire, England. The monument consists of a substantial ditch that represents evidence of Iron Age or Romano-British period land division and territorial organisation. The earthwork survives as a visible landscape feature demonstrating the agricultural and settlement patterns of prehistoric or Roman communities in the region. Such linear ditches typically functioned as boundaries, stock management features, or defensive elements within the broader settlement hierarchy of their respective periods.
Worthy Down ditch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001907. View the official record →
Worthy Down ditch is a linear earthwork located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001907.
Worthy Down ditch 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 1001907.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Catherine's Hill hillfort (7.5 km), Two bowl barrows 120m north-west of Texas (7.8 km), Two bowl barrows 200m north of Attwoods Drove Farm (8.2 km).
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