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Latitude: 51.2574 / 51°15'26"N
Longitude: -2.1322 / 2°7'55"W
OS Eastings: 390869.510611
OS Northings: 150926.767835
OS Grid: ST908509
Mapcode National: GBR 1TP.1RL
Mapcode Global: VH97B.0N4F
Entry Name: Enclosure south-east of White Horse Farm
Scheduled Date: 19 July 1974
Last Amended: 8 January 1990
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1010186
English Heritage Legacy ID: 10013
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Bratton
Built-Up Area: Bratton
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Bratton St James the Great
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
A five sided kite-shaped earthwork enclosure with internal sub-divisions.
Finds date it to the Romano-British period. It is in rough pasture with banks
up to 1m high and some cattle erosion.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic England
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
Other
Trust for Wessex Archaeology, (1987)
Wiltshire Library & Museum Service, (1987)
Source: Historic England
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