Details

A multiple trackway, descending from the ridge-way and merging into a single
deep hollow way now called Stonepit Lane. It runs north to Urchfont village.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.

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.
Droveways and trackways are well represented in the Salisbury Plain Training
Area, where they provide communications between individual settlements and
link occupation areas with their fields. The trackways are frequently cut down
below the level of the surrounding fields, while the related form of the
hollow way was often used to mark the boundary between neighbouring estates.

Source: Historic England

Sources

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

Source: Historic England