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Monument Number 221808
Hob Uid: 221808
Location : Wiltshire Fyfield
Grid Ref : SU1410070700
Summary : A rectangular earthwork enclosure, its west and south sides faced with sarsens, suggested to be a possible Post Medieval sheepfold. The enclosure appears to have been connected to the 17th century enclosure SU 17 SW 63 by a hollowed track. Recent RCHME aerial survey identified an enclosure at the recorded location, which may be part of a field system.
More information : SU141707. A rectangular enclosure situated in the bottom of a slight combe running N up the slope of Fyfield Down. Its sheltered position, general form and associations suggest that it is a post-medieval sheepfold. Its W and S sides are sarsen-faced on the inside but otherwise the interior has not been cleared of the sarsens littering the combe floor. A hedge bank and ditch runs into its SW corner and it is connected to the 17th cent platform enclosure (SU 17 SW 63) by a slightly hollowed track which loops round to the N. (1) This area was mapped at 1:10,000 from APs by the Fyfield Down and Overton Down Mapping Project. A number of fragmentary field system banks were recorded in the vicinity of SU 141707, but this enclosure was not identified by the AP survey. (2) When the area was re-examined for the Avebury World Heritage Site Project, very faint traces of a possible enclosure were seen on air photographs at this location. This may be the enclosure described in authority 1, or it may be part of the larger field system SU 17 SW 26. (3) Scheduled, National Number 33951. (4)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : HC Bowen & PJ Fowler
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Vol(s) : 58, 1962

Source Number : 2
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Source details : Cathy Stoertz/15-JUL-1995/RCHME: Fyfield Down and Overton Down Mapping Project
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : NMR OS/72295 155-6 11-AUG-1972
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Schedule amendment, 08-Jan-2001
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Field System
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Field System
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Rectangular Enclosure, Sheep Fold
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Wiltshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 687
External Cross Reference Notes :

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 33951
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 17 SW 98
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Relationship type : General association

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1995-06-13
End Date : 1995-07-15

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 221808