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SPTA 1982
Hob Uid: 929246
Location : Wiltshire Figheldean, Tidworth
Grid Ref : SU2107048320
Summary : A linear boundary earthwork of Late Bronze Age ranch type. It is of bank/ditch/bank construction, with an overall width of circa 12 metres. It can be traced across Dunch Hill Golf Course but has been destroyed near the Seven Barrows barrow group. It relates to the Devil's Ditch linear earthwork system.
More information : SU 217748773 - SU 21074833 Ditch [O.E] (1) A length of a linear earthwork originally identified by the O.S as being part of SU 24 NW 11 with an additional course extending from SU 21774877 to SU 22414893. Comprises of a bivallate earthwork. Published 1:2500 revised. (2-3) A NE extension to the ditch is visible on APs as a cropmark from SU 21764877 to SU 22114898. (4) The cropmark is not visible on the ground or on OS APs. (5-6) SU 21774877 - SU 21074833 with extension to SU 22414893. A bivallate linear earthwork which is part of a boundary complex situated to the south of Sidbury Hillfort (SU 25 SW 37). (7)

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Source details : Ordnance Survey 25" 1939
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Source details : First Ordnance Survey Archaeology Field Investigator 25/01/1967
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Source details : Crawford Air Photograph 4347
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Source details : Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs 70/068, 015, 016
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Source details : Second Ordnance Survey Archaeology Field Investigator 02/03/1971
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Source details : Wiltshire County Council SMR SU24NWH02
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 03/01/1997
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Monument Period Name : Late Bronze Age
Display Date : Late Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Linear Earthwork, Ranch Boundary
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : SU24NWH02
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10203
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 24 NW 145
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