Martin Down Enclosure

The Martin Down Enclosure is an archaeological site on Martin Down, near the village of Martin, in Hampshire [1]. It is near the boundaries with Dorset and Wiltshire [1]. The site is a scheduled monument, and it is one of several archaeological features on Martin Down, such as Bokerley Dyke [1]. The enclosure is the original example of a type of prehistoric feature, the "Martin Down style enclosure": they are small enclosures of the Bronze Age, area often less than 0.3 hectares, considered to be domestic settlements [1]. The rectangular enclosure has internal dimensions of about 90 metres south-west to north-east by 63 metres [1]. It has a single bank of width up to 10 metres and up to 0.7 metres above the interior, and there is an external ditch [1].