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Monument Number 216098
Hob Uid: 216098
Location : Wiltshire Stanton St. Bernard
Grid Ref : SU0980064540
Summary : Probable later prehistoric linear earthwork comprising a bank and a ditch c230 metres long. This feature is visible on aerial photographs but appears to be more like a Medieval/Post Medieval boundary but only closer examination will ascertain this.
More information : SU09806454 to SU10016446. A boundary feature which crosses a narrow re-entrant and continues along the crest of a S facing hillside for a total of 230.0m. It comprises a ditch 3.0m to 4.0m wide and 0.6m deep with a bank of similar width and 0.6m high on the downhill side. It is not a cross-ridge dyke but a smaller type of boundary work, probably of LBA or IA origin and delimiting a field system or ranch in conjunction with the other ditches of the locality.Surveyed at 1:2500. (1) The possible prehistoric boundary described by the previous authorities has been mapped from aerial photographs. From these photographs the boundary appears more like a Medieval or Post Medieval feature but only further investiagtion will ascertain if it is prehistoric or not. (2)

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Source details : F1 NVQ 07-DEC-73
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Source details : RAF CPE/UK/1821 2082-3 04-NOV-1946
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Later Prehistoric
Display Date : Later Prehistoric
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Linear Earthwork
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Boundary
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Boundary
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 624
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 06 SE 41
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-12-07
End Date : 1973-12-07

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 216098