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The Martin Down Enclosure is an archaeological site on Martin Down, near the village of Martin, in Hampshire, England. It is near the boundaries with Dorset and Wiltshire . The site is a scheduled monument , [ 1 ] and it is one of several archaeological features on Martin Down, such as Bokerley Dyke .
Martin is surrounded by prehistoric sites, including Bokerley Dyke, [12] and the very long Grim's Ditch which extends into Dorset and Wiltshire. [12] Knap Barrow is 95 metres long and is the longest barrow in Hampshire. [10] The name Martin probably derives from Old English "Maeretun" meaning "boundary farm", or "Meretun" meaning "pond farm". [13]
The cursus has a slight change of direction as it climbs Bottlebush Down and it is thought that the original terminal of the cursus was at this point (and was later extended another 4.5 km north-east to Martin Down). The Dorset Cursus is a Neolithic cursus monument that spans across 10 km (6¼ miles) of the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase in ...
Martin and Tidpit Downs is a 367.5-hectare (908-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Fordingbridge in Hampshire. [1] [2] Martin Down is a 341-hectare (840-acre) national nature reserve [3] and an area of 115 hectares (280 acres) is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. [4] Bokerley Dyke, a prehistoric linear earthwork and scheduled monument, runs through the ...
Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down. Bokerley Dyke, Bokerly Dyke, [1] [2] Bokerley Ditch, is a linear earthwork 5.75 kilometres (3.6 mi) long in Hampshire, between Woodyates and Martin. It is a Scheduled Monument. [3] Bokerley Dyke was excavated by Augustus Pitt Rivers between 1888 and 1891 [2] and by Philip Rahtz [4] in advance of road widening in 1958.
Long Bredy bank barrow on Martin's Down, Dorset, U.K. A bank barrow, sometimes referred to as a barrow-bank, ridge barrow, or ridge mound, is a type of tumulus first identified by O.G.S. Crawford in 1938.
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It is a Martin Down style enclosure, named after the Bronze Age enclosure on Martin Down in Hampshire.Sites of this type, interpreted as domestic settlements, have mostly been found on downland of central southern England, usually situated on hillsides.