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Enclosure east of Robin Hood's Ball

A Scheduled Monument in Shrewton, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2125 / 51°12'45"N

Longitude: -1.8509 / 1°51'3"W

OS Eastings: 410512.234455

OS Northings: 145936.220686

OS Grid: SU105459

Mapcode National: GBR 3Y3.T22

Mapcode Global: VHB53.VSWB

Entry Name: Enclosure east of Robin Hood's Ball

Scheduled Date: 31 January 1990

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1009511

English Heritage Legacy ID: 10122

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Shrewton

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Figheldean St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Details

A sub-circular enclosure diameter 50m, east of "Robin Hood's Ball". Visible on
air photographs and just visible on the ground the enclosure is bounded by a
very slight bank and ditch.

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Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

The most complete and extensive survival of chalk downland
archaeological remains in central southern England occurs on Salisbury
Plain, particularly in those areas lying within the Salisbury Plain
Training Area. These remains represent one of the few extant
archaeological "landscapes" in Britain and are considered to be of
special significance because they differ in character from those in
other areas with comparable levels of preservation. Individual sites on
Salisbury Plain are seen as being additionally important because the
evidence of their direct association with each other survives so well.

Enclosures provide important evidence of land use and agricultural
practices in the prehistoric/Romano-British period. The enclosures in
the Salisbury Plain Training Area belong to one of the most important
and best preserved fossil landscapes in southern Britain. The presence
of these remains and their relationship with extensive field systems
and settlement complexes, are of critical importance to understanding
the character and development of Downland agriculture.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
Trust for Wessex Archaeology, (1987)
Wiltshire Library & Museum Service, (1987)

Source: Historic England

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