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Latitude: 51.2722 / 51°16'19"N
Longitude: -1.9463 / 1°56'46"W
OS Eastings: 403843.653685
OS Northings: 152562.268275
OS Grid: SU038525
Mapcode National: GBR 3XD.0S0
Mapcode Global: VHB4W.69Y2
Entry Name: Boundary earthwork east of Church Hill
Scheduled Date: 10 January 1990
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1017928
English Heritage Legacy ID: 10021
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Market Lavington
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Easterton St Barnabas
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
A boundary earthwork consisting of a bank c.3m wide with shallow ditches
c.2.5m wide on either side. The overall width is c.8m. The extant portion has
been used as the line of the parish boundary.
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.
Boundary earthworks which include linear earthworks, so called ranch
boundaries, dykes and cross ridge dykes are particularly well preserved in the
Salisbury Plain Training Area. They provide important evidence of prehistoric
landholdings, land reorganisation and changing agricultural practices through
time.
Source: Historic England
Other
Trust for Wessex Archaeology, (1987)
Wiltshire Library & Museum Service, (1987)
Source: Historic England
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