Historic Landscape Character Area 2
Sutton veny, Cold Kitchen Hill and Zeals Knoll
Location
- Three discrete areas in the northwest of the AONB.
- They are located both sides of the Deverill Valley (HLCA 3) and cut by the West Wiltshire Downs (HLCA 5) and Kilmington Common (HLCA1).
Summary Description
- Cluster of nationally important Prehistoric sites in the vicinity of Sutton Veny.
- Pockets of older land use including unimproved chalk grassland for example at Bidcombe Hill.
- Dispersed settlement of isolated pre 1800 and 19th century farmsteads with the exception of Sutton Veny. Local building material is commonly Chert greensand and red brick.
- Regular 18th and 19th century enclosure obscuring traces of earlier field boundaries.
- Iron Age and Romano British shrine on Cold Kitchen Hill. Unfortunately this was poorly excavated in the early 20th century, although spectacular finds were recovered.
- Veteran woodland of Southleigh and Eastleigh Woods.
The full Historic Landscape Character Area description is available to download from the Historic Environment Action Plan Pages
